Product Description

A child relates a long list of things he would do before he'd say boo to a goose.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2277479 in Books
• Published on: 1998-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 1?Bold-colored backgrounds smartly display Miller's highly textured paper assemblages, which look as though they could be plucked off the page. The paper?cut, contoured, layered, curled, and folded?has been given extra dimension through colored-pencil shadings and then effectively positioned to good effect. The text, a boy's recitation of the 12-plus reasons for not saying boo to a goose, includes "I'd dance with a pig in a shining green wig" and "I'd feed my pajamas to giant piranhas" and will have children quickly chiming in on the repeating line?"But I wouldn't say 'boo' to a goose." Readers will have to wait until the last page to find out why. In the classroom, this book could provide a model for youngsters to write additional lines of their own. Joseph Low's Boo to a Goose (Scribners, 1975; o.p.), a story about a boy who overcomes his fear of a mean old goose, will make a nice companion story.?Barbara Elleman, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
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From Booklist
Ages 2^-5. The fearful coward who "wouldn't say `BOO!' to a goose" turns brave in a series of silly rhyming fantasies gorgeously illustrated with dramatic cut-paper collages. On each double-page spread there is a daring scenario ("I'd feed my pajamas to giant piranhas" or "I'd take a long walk from here to New York"), followed each time by the refrain ("But I wouldn't say `BOO!' to a goose"). Toddlers will shout the refrain, and they will enjoy making up their own wild, funny rhymes. Hazel Rochman

From Kirkus Reviews
Something is troubling the narrator of Fox's tale: ``I'd ride on a 'roo to Kalamazoo but I wouldn't say `Boo!' to a goose.'' He'd ``play with a snake'' if he found one awake, and he'd feed his pajamas to giant piranhas, but he ``wouldn't say `Boo!' to a goose.'' The rhymes are whimsical--he'd also ``gobble up snails from smelly old pails''--while Miller's three-dimensional, cut-paper collages are startlingly real. The piranhas sport menacing teeth, the trees that cling to a hillside look as if readers could climb them, and the butter that is consumed on the way to Calcutta is a mountain of individual golden slices. In words and art, a delightful mix of nonsense and verve. (Picture book. 4-8) -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Customer Reviews

Great rhythmic book for young listeners (and readers)
"Boo to a goose" is a refreshingly silly book that's fun to read to kids. The structure is very repetitive, so they know exactly when to say that they "wouldn't say boo to a goose," and all of the other, braver things that they would do instead are funny to slightly older kids too.

The explanation of why the storyteller is scared of geese comes suddenly at the end, and wraps it up nicely (and in a silly way).

Repetitive fun!
I enjoy reading this book to my 2.5 year old son. It is repetative and enjoyable as he chimes in with the "Boo to a goose" line. They say this is how young kids start to learn how to read! I think it is just fun to have a book that helps your child interact with the reader. The illustrations are also unique and fun...a collage type art. I recommend this book for any parent that enjoys interactive reading time with their child 2+.

Top Notch for a Learning to Read Book
This book is #1 with my 26 month old. It's rhyming sing song way and its consistent "boo to a goose" have her reading along with me and laughing the entire way.