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Rylant, Cynthia

Henry and Mudge and the Wild Goose Chase: The Twenty-third Book of Their Adventures

40 pp. | Simon | October, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-689-81172-1 $$14.95

(3) K-3 Ready-to-Read series. Illustrated by Carolyn Bracken. While visiting a farm, Henry and his dog Mudge are chased inside by a belligerent goose. Mudge, however, gets the last word in this gently humorous story: his loud "BARK!" through the window scares the goose away. The illustrations, "in the style of SuÃ§ie Stevenson," may be a bit more generic than Stevenson's art, but they do convey Mudge's genial, galumphing personality.

Reviewer: Martha Sibert