"And one apple-red, dappled-red, breeze-blown day,
When the goose went down to the lakeside to play,
She felt in her heart a sharp tugging pain,
Like a strange kind of longing she couldn't explain."
A little goose feels a tug at her heart but what does it mean? She knows it is now autumn so she sets off to ask the other forest animals. The beavers are chopping wood, the squirrels are gathering acorns and the bears are preparing their den for their winter sleep.
It is Autumn here in Australia so this is the prefect book to share with your young reading companion. And yes it is fairly new (2020) so it is available. I am happy to report that the rhyme used in this book works really well (sadly this is not always the case).
I have talked about other Animal Migration and Bird Migration books on this blog. The perfect companion read to go with Little Goose's Autumn would be Lucy Goosey by Margaret Wild illustrated by Ann James.
Here is the companion volume by Elli Woollard and Briony May Smith:
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