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Lears, Laurie

Waiting for Mr. Goose

32 pp. | Whitman | October, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-8075-8628-5 $$14.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Karen Ritz. Stephen, always being told in school to "sit still" and "pay attention," notices a Canada goose near his home with a steel trap around its leg, the chain dragging behind it. Stephen helps free Mr. Goose in this simple story of patience and perseverance illustrated with occasionally ill-proportioned but realistic watercolors. An author's note discusses attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, though no mention of it is made in the text.
Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey

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