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“Petunia” is the first book created by Roger Duvoisin from the “Petunia” series. In this adventure, Petunia mistakenly thinks that she is a wise animal when she stumbles upon a book lying on the ground and she how tries to give the other animals uncanny advice about their problems. “Petunia” is an excellent book about the importance of true wisdom that young children will enjoy for many years.
Roger Duvoisin has done an excellent job with both the illustrations and the writing for this story. Ro ...more
Roger Duvoisin has done an excellent job with both the illustrations and the writing for this story. Ro ...more
Oh, Petunia! What a silly goose you are!
Petunia the goose finds a book and remembers seeing Bill carrying one when he came home from school. She heard his father tell him that books are very precious and "He who owns Books and loves them is wise." She doesn't like being called a silly goose, so she carries the book with her everywhere and becomes very proud about how wise she now is. She starts to give advice to the other farm animals with sad and eventually explosive results!
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Petunia the goose finds a book and remembers seeing Bill carrying one when he came home from school. She heard his father tell him that books are very precious and "He who owns Books and loves them is wise." She doesn't like being called a silly goose, so she carries the book with her everywhere and becomes very proud about how wise she now is. She starts to give advice to the other farm animals with sad and eventually explosive results!
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Silly Petunia the goose thinks that simply owning a book will make her wise. This book, written 51 years ago, still amuses young readers--and me! A great story about reading.
Dec 22, 2012
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