Gosling: A Story of Growing Up

This simple narrative for children 3 to 8 begins with leaping from a cliff onto boulders at the edge of Little Whale Cove on the Oregon coast. Children who are immersed in their own growing up will identify with Gosling. Gosling faces a growing up that is similar in important ways and very different in ways that illustrate the different character of humankind and the natural world. The author illustrates each page with pictures he took of Gosling as the young goose grew to become a mature goose like its parents.