Canada Goose at Cattail Lane

Smithsonian's Backyard

by Janet Halfmann

In early spring, a Canada Goose patiently sits on a clutch of eggs. Weeks later, five fluffy goslings finally hatch. Canada Goose and her mate have a lot to teach their young!

Genres: Animals, Science

32 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2005

About the author

Janet Halfmann is a multi-award-winning children’s author who strives to make her books come alive for young readers and listeners. She writes about animals and nature, family and community, and little-known people of achievement. Janet has written almost fifty fiction and nonfiction books for children.

Janet was formerly a daily newspaper reporter, children’s magazine editor, and a creator of coloring and activity books for Golden Books. She has four children, seven grandkids, and two great-grands. Janet enjoys gardening, exploring nature, visiting living-history museums, and spending time with family. She grew up on a farm in MI and now lives in WI. More at: http://www.janethalfmannauthor.com

Reviews

[Jasmine from How Useful It Is · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read for my kid. He loves it. We both learned a lot about the goose.

[Octavia Cade · Rating 3 out of 5]

I do like geese! They can be a pest here in NZ, but I enjoy their grumpy, scrappy ways and their smooth, pretty feathers. They're one of my favourite birds. This little picture book follows a family of geese as the young hatch and make their way through the first months of life. The illustrations - as always in the Smithsonian Backyard books - are appealing, and one of them (the mother goose turning her eggs) is so detailed that for a moment I thought it was a photograph.

I would have liked a little more explanation as to why the nest was built atop a muskrat house - is this normal? we don't have them in NZ so I'm not familiar - but maybe this is common knowledge where muskrats are found. Still, it's a cute little book.