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Gideon is a small gosling who likes to play so much that he will not stop to take a nap.

"Mr. and Mrs. Plumpster are delighted when their six eggs hatch into adorable baby goslings. But one has them worried: Borka, who was born without feathers. The doctor encourages Mrs. Plumpster to knit Borka a fuzzy sweater, but while it helps keep out the cold, it doesn't keep all the other young geese from teasing Borka --until, come migration day, her siblings fly off without her. What is the tearful goose to do? In a brand-new edition of his debut...

A surprising lesson about the importance of listening to one's inner gosling ensues when a very hungry fox issues a dinner invitation to a very plump goose.

Gossie and Gertie are best friends and everywhere Gossie goes, Gertie goes too--except when she doesn't, and sometimes that's even better.

"Pearl sings sleeping songs, slurping songs, quietly, and loudly, all over the farm--all day long. Pearl loves, loves, loves to sing! But what will she do when she loses her voice?"--

Suzy Goose tries again and again to get a star for the Christmas tree.

When the geese ask him for assistance with getting new ballet gear, Bruce the ever-grumpy bear agrees to help his friends get ready to stretch their wings and follow their dream of dancing.

Goose, Bear, and Fox are friends through thick and thin.Sometimes Bear likes quiet time by himself. But his friend Fox has a very different idea of what ٢quiet٣ means. Can Bear's quiet aloneness and Fox's noisy togetherness ever result in a satisfying compromise? This simple and endearing story about friends learning to understand each other's differences is filled with Suzanne Bloom's gentle humor and trademark pastel illustrations.

"Travelling through the pages of The Three Little Pigs, Mother Goose's great-niece Professor Goose fact-checks, exposes flaws and explains the science, in this engaging and educational fractured fairy tale filled with jokes and funny illustrations"-- Provided by publisher.

"Meet Duck and Goose, two young birds who mistake a polka-dot ball for an egg and have to master the art of cooperation--and sharing--to take care of it. But friendship is not always easy, as proved in this funny, accessible story. Young readers will instantly recognize themselves in these adorable and eternally optimistic characters. And this beautiful keepsake edition features extra content from the author on how to draw Duck & Goose."