Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Go To Sleep, Gecko!

MacDonald, Margaret Read Go To Sleep, Gecko!; illus. by Geraldo Valerio. Unpaged/ August House Publishers, Inc. 2006 ISBN-10:0-87483-780-4 $16.95 (Preschool - Primary)

Based on a Balinese folktale, Margaret Read MacDonald retells the story Go To Sleep, Gecko! with a bit of a twist, using colorful and cheerful images by Geraldo Valerio. MacDonald creates an imaginative storyline to explain how the world works. The animals and hurdles that arise in the book are funny and attention grabbing for children of the preschool through primary stages. As in his other illustrations, Valerio uses his stunning illustrations to help guide the readers through this charming folktale of how the world works.

LaTisha Bloom, BGSU Student

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