Goose on the Loose

Goose on the Loose
by Phil Roxbee Cox
illustrated by Stephen Cartwright

Summary
A goose rides through town on a red scooter, and as he goes he bumps into various farm animals (rooster, bear, toad, cows etc). The animals convene and decide that something needs to be done about the crazy "goose on the loose", but before they can do anything, the goose lands in the penguin's pool. Throughout the story, each animal says "stop that goose on the loose".

Discussion
The repetition in the story, and the constant rhyme help children to independently read and participate in the story. The back cover of the story analyzes each word in the book and explains a phonetic way of pronunciation, also including the irregular words (comes, everywhere, I, I'll, into, welcome etc). Also, each page has a different farm animal on it, reinforcing knowledge. The bear is named Ted, forcing children to determine what kind of animal it is by looking at it instead of being told directly. The pages fold out, which categorizes this book as an engineered book, as well as the participation part when the children can chant, "goose on the loose!"


Cox, P. R. (2001). Goose on the Loose (Usborne Easy Words to Read). London: Usborne Publishing Ltd.