Waiting for Mr. Goose: A Concept Book

by Laurie Lears

Book Overview

Someone is always telling Stephen to slow down, sit still, or pay attention. He often feels as if he can't do anything right. But at the pond near his home, there is no one to stop Stephen from... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807586285
• ISBN13: 9780807586280
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 6.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Waiting for Mr. Goose

Realistic pictures reveal the frustration at sitting still and the joy of movement for the the AD/HD child. Stephen energetically swaggers and expessively twists when he walks. He even swings from the irresistible trees. He revels in the freedom of movement in the outdoors and withdraws from the restrictions on movement necessitated by school. Then he discovers a limping goose. It has its foot caught in a trap. The game warden can't catch Mr. Goose to free its foot. Stephen devises a plan to save the goose, but it involves him keeping still for long periods of time. That is torture for Stephen, whose body feels wiggly. But out of love for the goose, he perseveres and is finally able to catch it.

Everyday hero book

Waiting for Mr. Goose is about a young boy who has realproblems to take things easy/ slowly. He has a hard time sitting stillpaying attention at school. One day at the pond he finds an injured goose. When he tries to catch him the goose just flies away. Over and over again he tries to catch the goose and over and over again the goose just flies away, till the boy finds out the way he have to do it. He makes the goose feel secure with him and that way he manages to catch the goose and help him. This is a book that shows that sometimes you can do things you didn't think you could, if you just want to bad enough. The book is written in a way that makes the boy a bit of an everyday hero just because he did something that was almost impossible to him- to wait. I liked this book because it was interesting to read, because the book's main character has Adhd, and makes something positive out of it.