Boo to a Goose
{{short description|Australian children's picture book written by Mem Fox and illustrated by David Miller.}}
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{{Infobox book
| name = Boo to a Goose
| image = Boo to a Goose.jpg
| caption =
| author = Mem Fox
| illustrator = David Miller
| cover_artist = D. Miller
| country = Australia
| language = English
| genre = Children's picture book, fiction
| published = 1996 (Hodder Children's Books)
| media_type = Print (hardback)
| pages = 32 (unpaginated)
| isbn = 9780733604591
| oclc = 38377166
}}
Boo to a Goose is a 1996 children's picture book by Australian author Mem Fox, and illustrated by David Miller. In this book, published by Hodder and Stoughton Children's Books, a boy states twelve nonsensical things he would rather do than say "boo to a goose".{{refn|group=note|Someone who wouldn't say boo to a goose is timid and shy.{{cite web |url=https://www.macmillanthesaurus.com/someone-wouldn-t-say-boo-to-a-goose |title=someone wouldn't say boo to a goose - phrase |website=macmillanthesaurus.com |publisher=Macmillan Education Limited |accessdate=29 September 2021}}}}
Publication history
- 1998, USA, Dial Books for Young Readers {{ISBN|9780803722743}}
- 1996, Australia, Hodder Children's Books {{ISBN|9780733604591}}
Reception
Kirkus Reviews called it "in words and art, a delightful mix of nonsense and verve",{{cite magazine|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mem-fox/boo-to-a-goose/ |title=Boo to a Goose |date= |magazine=Kirkus Reviews |publisher=Kirkus Media LLC |accessdate=29 September 2021}} and Booklist found it ".. a series of silly rhyming fantasies gorgeously illustrated with dramatic cut-paper collages".{{cite magazine|title=Boo to a Goose |url=https://wccls.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S143C3756982 |magazine=Booklist |publisher=American Library Association|date=1 February 1998 |accessdate=29 September 2021}}
Boo to a Goose has also been reviewed by the following publications:
School Library Journal,{{cite magazine|title=Boo to a Goose |quote=Bold-colored backgrounds smartly display Miller's highly textured paper assemblages, which look as though they could be plucked off the page. |url=https://wccls.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S143C3756982 |magazine=School Library Journal |publisher=Media Source Inc. |year=1998 |accessdate=29 September 2021}} and The Horn Book Magazine.{{cite magazine|title=Boo to a Goose |quote=Although some of the rhymes are less successful and the ending a bit flat, the silly situations will amuse readers, and Miller's elegant, three-dimensional cut-paper assemblages make up for the lame punch line. The repetitive pattern may inspire children to add their own verses. |url=https://hclib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S109C471791 |magazine=Horn Book Guides |publisher=Media Source Inc. |year=1998 |accessdate=29 September 2021}}
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38377166 Library holdings of Boo to a Goose]
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Category:Australian picture books
Category:Australian children's books
Category:1996 children's books
Category:Picture books by Mem Fox