Review by Booklist Review
The latest Gossie and Friends book opens with goslings Gossie, Gertie, BooBoo, and Peedie working hard at gathering and dyeing eggs, while Ollie spends his time playing. When he sees their colored eggs, Ollie is overwhelmed with desire. He swipes their eggs and hides them. The four hardworking goslings begin an earnest Easter egg hunt that ends with Ollie displaying his decorated eggs. The story concludes there, leaving children to wonder what happens after Ollie's revelation. But meanwhile, there's plenty to enjoy in the book's pleasing design, its nicely cadenced text, and its simple but beguiling ink-and-watercolor illustrations.--Phelan, Carolyn Copyright 2010 Booklist
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Gossie, Gertie, BooBoo, and Peedie-the tiny but assertive ducks from the Gossie & Friends series-gather, dye, and hide eggs for Easter. But Ollie, wearing a pink bunny-eared bonnet, moves the eggs to a hiding spot, leading to some searching and hunting on the part of the others. The simple declarative phrases and gently humorous illustrations are just right for the age group, but the ending is jarringly abrupt. Stickers are included. Ages 3-7. (Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gossie, Gertie, BooBoo, and Peedie each dye their Easter eggs red, blue, purple, and yellow, respectively. Gossie hides hers in the grass. Gertie hides her in a haystack. BooBoo hides hers in a pot filled with tulips. And Peedie hides his under a green turtle. A while later, the goslings are surprised when they find their eggs missing and go on a real Easter egg hunt. They find them wrapped in shiny green ribbon as Ollie proudly looks on. Small, creative details appear hidden on each page, such as a snail, a butterfly, a piece of green ribbon, a frog, and a spider. Ollie sports an adorable rabbit-ear cap. The crisp illustrations, done in pen, ink, and gouache, show the characters in action. For example, each time Ollie hides an egg, he has to use his beak, or webbed feet, while pushing very hard, which emphasizes his small size and weight, in relation to the egg. Fans of Dunrea's series will love this new installment. It's festive and pure fun.-Anne Beier, Hendrick Hudson Free Library, Montrose, NY (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
Dunrea's lovable goslings celebrate Easter by dyeing and hiding eggs. That is, except for little Ollie, who steals all the eggs, whispering "my egg" each time he unearths one. In the end, it turns out his intentions are good. The illustrations as charming as ever, and Gossie fans will enjoy seeing all the birds together in one book. Copyright 2010 of The Horn Book, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
Gossie, Gertie, BooBoo and Peedie are all busy preparing for Easter, gathering, dying and hiding their eggs. Ollie, on the other hand, is ... hopping, and the little brown gosling sports a pink bonnet with bunny ears. Dunrea's characteristically minimal, clean composition features wee vignettes on generous white space, depicting his quirky characters engaged in their seasonal pursuits, with the occasional bug, snail or turtle kibitzing. As with all of his books, the overall effect is just this side of too-cute-for-words, landing it in exactly the right range of adorable. Although toddlers and young preschoolers may be mystified at the madness behind Ollie's method, as he steals his compatriots' hidden eggs and then hides them again, there'll be more than pleased by his triumphant ending. (stickers) (Picture book. 2-5) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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