Reviews for Blue Goose

The average rating for Blue Goose based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-02-21 00:00:00 Norbert Washington Farmer Gray goes away and Blue Goose, Red Hen, Yellow Chick and White Duck decide to paint the farm. Duck paints the fence white. Chick paints the flowers yellow. Hen paints the barn red. And Goose paints the roof blue. Then they start mixing colors to get purple, orange, green, etc. Farmer Gray returns to his bright colored farm, and then in the evening Blue Goose paints a wash of blue over everything as it turns dark. It was that final touch of painting twilight over the farm that took this book to another level for me. I loved the repetition of colors for the smallest children, the mixing of colors with the new color obvious to the eye of a child, and the richness of the hues being used. Tafuri's skill with simple lines in a picture book is evident here. Her illustrations burst from the pages, larger than life and with so few lines of text that the book is almost read in pictures alone. Highly recommended, as are most of Tafuri's books, for toddler storytimes about colors. Children as small as two will enjoy spending time with these barnyard friends and chatting about colors and animals.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-08-12 00:00:00 Marie Burdett Nancy Tafuri's books are terrific for the toddler and pre-K set. This newest one is a great introduction to colors. A variety of animals live on a plain white farm. The different animals decide to help make it more colorful and go from primary colors to mixing new colors. Soon the farm is beautiful and colorful. This is one of my favorite color books.