Goat and Donkey in Strawberry Sunglasses - Softcover

Puttock, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192725998 ISBN 13: 9780192725998

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2007

Synopsis

When Goat offers to do the grocery shopping, Donkey knows that things might just get a little muddled! He writes out a list so that Goat will know exactly what to buy. But the market is such a dazzling place and Goat sees so many lovely things. Instead of apples, carrots, cabbages and ice
cream, Goat buys a sun hat, an inflatable octopus, a trumpet and a pair of sunglasses decorated with strawberries! What ever will Donkey make of all the surprises that Goat has in his basket when he trots triumphantly back home? Goodness knows!

A delightful duo - Goat and Donkey are ready to entertain children and parents everywhere.

About this title

About the Author:

Simon Puttock is the author of OUP's Little Lost Cowboy which has been shortlisted for the Scottish Book Award. For other publishers his books include: Horsey (Egmont Books), Don't Count Your Chickens, Mademoiselle Gorilla, Wild West Winnie (Macmillan), A Ladder to the Stars (Frances Lincoln),
Pig's Digger (Egmont) Russell Julian has illustrated a series of animal board books - Farmyard Friends - for Egmont as well as the picture book Horsey.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 1—Two best friends have funny, slice-of-life adventures. In Strawberry Sunglasses, Goat offers to do the grocery shopping. Donkey writes out a list just in case his pal gets in a forgetful "muddle." At the market, Goat is distracted by many wonderful things to buy and instead of bringing home food, he giddily returns with a sun hat, blow-up octopus, trumpet, and strawberry sunglasses. Donkey makes the best of the situation, enjoys the impulse purchases, and then heads back to the market for supper, hand-in-hand with his buddy. In Great Outdoors, Goat decides to take a vacation, but needs advice on where to go. After much negotiation, he announces he wants to go to a place "Just Like Here." He pitches a tent in the garden but soon misses the company of Donkey. They both squish in and enjoy the getaway together. Julian's warm oil paintings capture the sunny dispositions of the characters. Children will enjoy Goat's exuberant innocence and Donkey's patient good humor.—Linda Ludke, London Public Library, Ontario, Canada
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About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0192725998
• ISBN 13: 9780192725998
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Julian Russell