That Is Not a Good Idea!

by Mo Willems

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A surprising lesson about the importance of listening to one's inner gosling ensues when a very hungry fox issues a dinner invitation to a very plump goose.

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I love this book and it is always a favorite at storytime! The surprise ending is so refreshing and the children always find it funny. They really love to help with the reading by warning out "That is not a good idea!" when it comes up in the book. Overall this book is a lot of fun and very interactive. (

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FlowerBrookCottage | Apr 26, 2024 |

SUBJECTS:
Geese Fiction
Life Skills Fiction
WPL 2016/08
Picture Books
Decision Making Fiction
Geese Juvenile Fiction
Cxp
Humorous Stories
Dinners And Dining Fiction
Foxes Fiction
Foxes Juvenile Fiction

kmgerbig | Apr 28, 2023 |

A fox is lurring a duck into what looks like a not good idea. While the chicks are trying to warn the duck the duck will not listen. Then in a plot twist ending the duck tricks the fox and pushes him into the soup they were making. This is a good book for the classroom especially if you want the class to read along because it is simple to remember and silly. (

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Isabellabooks | Nov 27, 2022 |

Mo Willems can do no wrong. This one is geared toward a little bit older kid--they need to know enough about how stories usually work to understand the "surprise" ending. (

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readingjag | Nov 29, 2021 |

Nice twist. (

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OutOfTheBestBooks | Sep 24, 2021 |

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A Baker's Dozen: The Best Children's Books for Family Literacy (2014)

CLEL Bell Picture Book Award for Early Literacy (Nominee – Talk – 2014)

Colorado Children's Book Award (Nominee – 2015)

Golden Archer Award (Nominee – Primary – 2015)

Irma Black Award (Winner – 2014)

Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award (Nominee – 2014)

Monarch Award (Nominee – 2015)

Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee – Little Bluestem (Picture Book) – 2016)

North Carolina Children's Book Award (Nominee – Picture Book – 2015)

South Carolina Book Awards (Winner – Picture Book Award – 2015)

Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee – Children's Picture – 2015)

Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee – Primary – 2015)

Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee – Elementary – 2015)

Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee – Middle School – 2015)

Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee – High School – 2015)

Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee – Primary – 2016)

Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award (Nominee – 2015)

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The Best Children's Books of the Year (Five to Nine – 2014)

CCBC Choices (2014)

Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Picture Books – 2013)

Maine Regional Library System Cream of the Crop List (2014)

Picture This Recommendation List (2014)

Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (Ageless – 2016)

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year (2013)

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