Gossie and friends

Author and Illustrator: Olivier Dunrea

Other books in this series:

Take a simple, sweet storyline, and throw in some fuzzy little ducks and you have the most darling books ever! I promise you and your child will fall in L.O.V.E. with Gossie and her friends.  These little goslings are SO adorable and the topics are so relateable. The white background of each page makes each charming illustration come alive. I love the tiny details, the little birds and turtles and insects that are part of Gossie's little world. I'm just going to review the two that I actually own but I definitely plan on adding more to our bookshelf since they are such favorites at our house.

The first book, Gossie, tells the story of a yellow gosling, a small yellow gosling who likes to wear bright red boots. She ends up losing her boots but eventually finds them. I won't spoil the story and tell you how, but you'll love it. Warning- you might end up having to buy some bright red boots for your child after owning this story :)

After my son fell in love with Gossie I bought him Boo Boo as a present.

I must confess that I really picked this book next because the gosling was blue and blue is my son's favorite color. I'm really glad I did, because Boo Boo is a funny little duck. Boo Boo is a curious blue gosling who likes to eat and eventually ends up eating a bubble. The fact that Boo Boo was eating so much and than burping made my son laugh hysterically. The illustrator does such an amazing job of putting such expression on the little duck you can almost see Boo Boo thinking about eating the silly stuff in the book.

If you end up becoming a fan of Gossie and her friends be sure  to check out the newest release in the series, Jasper and Joop! It will be available March 5!

Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site

Author: Sherri Duskey Rinker

Illustrator: Tom Lichtenheld

If you're looking for a adorable bedtime book for your little construction vehicle enthusiast , this is the one! After a hard day of playing, this story will convince your little one that everyone needs to sleep, even big dump trucks! This book follows each of the hard working vehicles at the construction site as they each do their specific jobs and then go to sleep. The cement mixer gets a bath, the crane truck curls up with his teddy bear and the dump truck snores while he sleeps.

The rhyming text is sweet and full of great vocabulary that can transfer to playtime. I love that the author uses detailed terms for the vehicle parts and calls the vehicles by their "real names" like excavator and bulldozer. Plus, each of the little vehicles has such a good work ethic! They are all so happy to be doing each of their jobs no matter how big or small the job is (what a great lesson for our little ones!) I am in love with the adorable construction vehicle illustrations! When you have cranes cuddling up to sleep with a teddy bear, you have to have cute little vehicles and these are perfect.

So head to your local library, or if your little boy is like mine and is going to want to hear this one night after night here is the link to amazon :) Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site

If you find you are just as in love with this book as I am, you will be delighted to find out that Sherri Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld have a new book coming out in April of this year called " Steam Train, Dream Train". I can't wait!