Agatha's Feather Bed: Not Just Another Wild Goose Story

by Carmen Agra Deedy

Paper Book, 1991

Publication

Atlanta: Peachtree Pub. c1991

Collection

Call number

Fairy Tale Child

Status

Available

Call number

Fairy Tale Child

Description

When Agatha buys a new feather bed and six angry naked geese show up to get their feathers back, the incident reminds her to think about where things come from.

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LibraryThing member tiinaj1
Agatha owns the kind of shop that I love. It's full of creativity, texture, depth and softness. One day she treats herself to an early night in her NEW feather bed - it's warm, soft, big and comfortable. When she is awakened by 6 freezing cold, naked geese she's reminded that the feathers in her
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new bed came from somewhere and she decides to make it up to the geese somehow. She sends them away and a few days later they return to Agatha to find out how she is going to help them.

The illustrations in this book are wonderful - they're detailed, busy, full of activity and you can easily do a 'seek and find' with your child. Each picture in the book has a border and 2 mini pictures that show a form of fuel or an item that we use from nature - you'll see things like "fossil fuels", syrup, dairy products, fragrances, glass, diamonds and more.

I strongly recommend Carmen Agra Deedy's books for any family, school or library - they'll be well read and loved by all!
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LibraryThing member matthewbloome
This is a great story for inquiry, the basis of all knowledge gathering. I really enjoyed the solution that Agatha came up with for treating her goose friends fairly without giving up on what she had worked so hard for. It's also a story of personal sacrifice for the good of others. I enjoyed it. I
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really enjoyed the illustrations, full of intricate details that an observant reader would catch. The naked geese covered in goose pimples were all very comical and enjoyable.
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LibraryThing member crisoneg
This was such a great find! Could be used to introduce several different topics, such as economics or natural resources. Agatha orders a goose feathered down comforter but instead is delivered 4 featherless angry and shivering geese that are demanding answers as well as a place to live! Lot's of
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lessons to be taken from this text.
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ISBN

1561450960 / 9781561450961
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