Gus

by Olivier Dunrea, Olivier Dunrea (Illustrator)

Overview

Gus loves to be by himself. He explores all over the barnyard, taking in the world around him. Until he finds three small eggs. His perfect companions might be inside! How long will they take to hatch? 

      In this Level 1 Green Light Reader, the latest addition to Olivier Dunrea’s growing gaggle has a self-assured independence that beginning readers are sure to identify with! The perfectly-pitched storytelling and illustrations that Gossie&Friends fans have come to cherish are just right for those starting to read independently. This edition features a bonus audio download with page-turn signals so kids can listen and read along.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780544937246
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/14/2017
Series:	Gossie and Friends Series
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	806,819
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Olivier Dunrea is the creator of beautiful and well-loved children’s books. A painter and a sculptor, his work centers around farms, animals, architecture, and folklore. He lives in the tiny village of Narrowsburg, New York, in the Catskill Mountains.

Olivier Dunrea is the creator of beautiful and well-loved children’s books. A painter and a sculptor, his work centers around farms, animals, architecture, and folklore. He lives in the tiny village of Narrowsburg, New York, in the Catskill Mountains.

Editorial Reviews

"As surely as there's room in the series for Gus, there's room in his contemplative little life for companionship after all." —Kirkus "Dunrea's gently amusing, pleasingly repetitive stories and thoroughly beguiling illustrations continue to capture preschooler life in all its variety." —Horn Book Magazine   —

From the Publisher

2015-01-10
Gus is a welcome addition to the Gossie & Friends series.Sporting a cooking pot on his head with its handle turned to the front like a visor, little "Gus is a small yellow gosling who likes to be by himself." He quietly observes the world around him in pen-and-ink-and-gouache illustrations that embrace open white space to achieve focus on the very things that Gus spies—a spider, mice and a turtle. After watching the turtle dig in the sand and then return to the water, Gus goes to investigate the place where the turtle was digging. There, he finds three small eggs, and he decides to sit on them to keep them warm. His patient brooding leads to their hatching, and he is delighted to see the baby turtles emerge. They, in turn, seem to imprint on him: The closing image of Gus with the babies riding on his back and head as he swims across the water amends the statement that Gus is a gosling "who likes to be by himself" to say that this is true "[m]ost of the time." As surely as there's room in the series for Gus, there's room in his contemplative little life for companionship after all. Good to meet you, Gus. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews