by RosAsquith (Author), Andi Good (Illustrator)
A boisterous rhyming story about a little boy overcoming shyness
My mum said to me today,
`'You silly little moose -
You're so shy, you wouldn't say,
`Boo!' to a goose!''
A timid boy doesn't want to play with the other children at a birthday party. Eager to prove to his mother that he's not really shy, he hunts round the garden for a goose... Instead he finds a monster and creeps up behind it, shouting, `BOO!' - but it's not a real monster, it's just a clockwork toy. Next he sees a tiger. But the tiger isn't scared of him either - it's really a cat. Gradually the boy builds up enough confidence to jump out on the other children, who are dressed as children, but they all tell him to `'Go away!''. But they're just teasing - they do want him to play with them really, and as a reward for trying so hard to join in, his mother has a special treat...a toy goose which the boy calls...BOO!
Format: Paperback
Pages: 32
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks
Published: 02 Aug 2004
ISBN 10: 000711267X
ISBN 13: 9780007112678
Children’s book age: 0-5 Years
Ros Asquith has worked as a photographer and a theatre critic as well as a cartoonist. She is the author and illustrator of the bestsellling `Teenage Worrier' series, and her cartoon strip `Doris' appears in the Guardian