Goose

Bang, Molly

Fiction

Ages k-1

The Blue Sky Press, 1996

The book Goose is another one of my favorite books by Molly Bang. It is a very simple book with a great ending. The book is about a goose egg that gets blown out of its nest during a very bad storm. It rolled and landed in a den of woodchucks. The woodchucks took this baby goose in once it was hatched and taught her everything she needed to know. The goose often felt very sad because she felt she did not fit in well with everyone else. So the goose set off to see what she could find all by herself. Things got worse and she felt very very lonely. She fell off of a cliff but then taught herself how to fly. She flew all the way home back to her family.
I really enjoyed reading this book, just like I enjoyed reading ALL of Molly Bang's books. It looks like the illustrations were all done with paint. I really love reading books about animals so I think that is why this book appealed to me so much. I loved how the author used a situation where many different kinds of animals were friends. This could be used in the classroom when talking about being friends with others that are different than you. Also this could be used to talk about adoption. The little goose was adopted into the woodchuck family, and even though they were not blood related they still loved her nonetheless. This would be a great book to use in the classroom to talk about these issues and i would definately use it!