Honk, Honk, Goose!

Canada Geese Start a Family

By Sayre, April Pulley

Publishers Summary:
Apair of Canada geese is starting a family. The female builds a nest, lays her eggs, and keeps the chicks warm until they’re ready to hatch. Her mate protects their nesting site. Soon they will have six wobbly-legged chicks. Through the waiting, the hatching, the first stroll, and the first swim, the father goose stands guard over his family, always ready to chase away danger with a loud Honk!

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ISBN
978-0-80507-103-0
Publisher
Holt


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on April 1, 2009

K-Gr 2 This book about two Canada geese that meet, mate, and raise their family has all the immediacy of a plot-based picture book and conveys personality without slipping into anthropomorphism. Sayre doesn't sugarcoat the challenges that the geese face as they wait for their y...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on May 1, 2009

Spring arrives, and with it the breeding season for Canada geese. Sayre takes young nature enthusiasts through the early stages of the goose reproductive cycle. The text begins with a (discreet) treatment of mating; moves to the laying and protection of eggs, including scaring off other resid...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2009

Sayre takes young nature enthusiasts through the early stages of the goose reproductive cycle, beginning with a (discr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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