Walker Silly Suzy Goose

Suzy Goose is fed up with being just like the rest of the flock. She wants to be different: to flap like a bat, squawk like a toucan and slide like a penguin. But when she tries to roar like a lion she gets more than she bargained for! Editorial Reviews From School Library Journal PreSchool-Grade 1-Suzy Goose looks around and wishes she could be different. The first spread justifies her problem as it is impossible to identify her in the sea of duplicate geese. In those that follow, she visits other animals and samples ways to be different. If I was a giraffe, I could STRETCH up high. If I was an ostrich, I could RUN really fast. Pages of If I was instead of If I were will drive grammar purists crazy, but the scratchy mixed-media illustrations of Suzy trying out each animal's persona and environment make the spreads tactile and pleasurable. When she encounters a lion, she tries a roar (Rroarrhonk!), which enrages him. Using some of the moves picked up along the way, the goose hurries back to the safety of the other geese. The close call convinces her that a group has its advantages, but she continues to stand out with her Rroarrhonk! Animal movements and sounds, along with the large, bright pictures and interesting compositions, make this an attractive choice to share with young audiences.-Julie Roach, Cambridge Public Library, MA Copyright å¨ Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Booklist *Starred Review* PreS-Gr. 1. One day Suzy Goose looks around and realizes she's just one of the gaggle. Oh, to be special! She begins wondering about what it would be like if she was a different animal. If she was a bat, she could flap her wings; if she was a penguin, she could slide; if she was a kangaroo, she could jump; and if she was a lion, she could roar. In fact, she lets out quite a loud "Rroarrhonk!" A real-life lion ignores her, until she gets right in his face. Then he rouses from his sleep and begins a chase. Now Suzy Goose learns something about herself: she can flap her wings, slide, and jump--which she does all the way back to her friends. The lion is right behind her, but faced with a bunch of protective geese, he turns tail and runs. This book is clever, clever, clever. Horacek uses words and pictures to tie every piece of the story together, beginning with the two-page spread filled with identical gray geese with bright orange beaks. But when Suzy starts imagining herself as different animals, her world bursts into extravagant color, becoming a place populated with animals that have the exuberance of the real thing. Created in mixed media, the art jumps off the pages, a fitting verb for a clever, clever book, alive in every way. Ilene Cooper Copyright å© American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.