Gaston (Gaston and Friends)

This was one of the sweetest books I have read in a long time! Gaston is obviously a French bulldog who was born into a family of poodles. When they head to the park one day, they meet a family of French bulldogs with a little poodle and they switch to where they thing they should belong. In the

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end, they find that they were already where they needed to be! I believe this story would be a good one for an adopted child to read, or perhaps a family considering adoption. Even if you aren't born into that family, you can fit in just as well as if you were!

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Loved this book! The art was very cute as was the story. The message was a nice one to about how what really matters is who you are on the inside, and that your family will love you exactly how you are. The artistic style of the book was wonderful. After reading Gaston I wanted illustrator

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Christian Robinson to paint my dog! His use of shape and color are amazing. Because the style is simplistic it could serve as a basis for creating an art project for the classroom emphasizing shape and color.

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This sweet story shows children they can express their individuality and receive unconditional love from their families. Curricular connections with language arts can be met by having students retell the story. The clear language and illustrations provide a strong catalyst for students to describe

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characters, settings, and major events.

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I loved this book because it had a really great message. I like that it is a bit of a play on the ugly duckling, and shows children that it is okay to not be exactly like everyone else. The illustrations created for the book were really beautiful and would engage young children. The big idea of

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Gaston is that although we are all very different, we can look past those differences to be friends.

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This is such a wonderful book! Gaston looks different from his family. This book is his journey to find out where he fits in and belongs.

Gaston is a new little poodle, but he doesn't look like the other poodle pups in his family. One day at the park, he meets bulldog pups and all of them look alike except Antoinette. She looks like the poodle pups and Gaston looks like the bulldog pups. What happened! This is a cute little story

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with cute pictures for primary kids.

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The illustrations are great but an underlying message of the story is problematic. On one level, it's a sweet story about belonging and family but on another level it seems to reinforce gender stereotypes with tenderness depicted as innately feminine and brutishness masculine. Maybe I'm reading too

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much into it but that's how it strikes me.

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A Beautiful story, beautiful illustrations! Gaston may not look like his family, but he loves them. And when they meet another family in the park, Gaston and his family realize that sometimes families can be a little different. Heartwarming and fun, Gaston will put a smile on your face!

Genre: Picture Book
This is about a little dog that is in a family of poodles. Gaston is a bulldog. He loves his family, but when they visit the park, there is a family of bulldogs with a poodle puppy. Both families realize there was a mix up and switch puppies, but they don't get a long with other

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family so they switch back.
This book was very fun to read and I loved the pictures. This is a good story time fun book. It can teach the importance of family (not just blood related).

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About a bulldog and a poodle come to realize that family is about love not appearance.

A poodle has four puppies. Three of them are poodles and one of them is a bulldog, Gaston. Gaston was taught along with his poodle siblings to be proper and polite. One day Mrs. Poodle and her puppies take a stroll to the park. They come across Mrs. Bulldog who has four puppies. Three of them are

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bulldogs and one of them is a poodle. The mothers realize that there has been a mistake. They exchange Gaston and Antoinette. Gaston did not fit in with his new messy siblings; and Antoinette did not fit in with her new proper pink long siblings. Both mothers go to the park the next day and decide that there was no mistake. They switch the two puppies back but decide to meet at the park every day where they teach each other new mannerisms. Gaston and Antoinette fall in love and teach their puppies to act whoever they want to act.

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This book is on my classroom wish list! I love Gaston, he is a dog that doesn't quite look like anyone in his family but when he meets his real family it becomes clear it's not always about looking the same that makes your family yours!

This book talks about the story of two different breed families that they make a mistake based of the “looks “ of one of their dogs, and they swap their puppies realizing later that they’ve make a mistake.

A proper bulldog raised in a poodle family and a tough poodle raised in a bulldog family meet one day in the park.

The text of this story begs to be read aloud. I think I'll read it to my kindergarteners this week and see what they think. The retro artwork doesn't particularly grab me, but it's consistent and doesn't detract from the story. It's a nice story about chosen families, identity, and gender roles. I

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don't find it as problematic in that regard as some other readers. To me, the resolution of the families teaching each other to be tough and tender is enough to offset the boys-are-tough and girls-are-tender beginning, which I didn't think was particularly heavy-handed.

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