Sonderbooks Book Review of Gossie and Gertie

Reviewed February 1, 2003.
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 2002. 32 pages.
Available at Sembach Library (E DUN).
A Sonderbooks’ Stand-out of 2003: #9, New Picture Books

Here’s a simple little picture book perfect for reading to very young children who have just learned to sit still long enough to hear a story. Gossie and Gertie are two little ducks who wear brightly colored boots and are best friends. Gossie’s a little bigger and thinks Gertie should follow her everywhere. Sometimes Gertie does follow, and sometimes she doesn’t.

Each page has one sentence along with a bright and simple drawing. I hope that I get a chance to share it with a two-year-old some time soon. This book doesn’t make you laugh out loud, but it does give you a satisfied smile.

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*****Gossie and Gertie*

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