Jasper & Joop

by Olivier Dunrea, Olivier Dunrea (Illustrator)

Overview

Jasper likes to be neat. Each morning he tidies his nest and puts on his cap and bow tie. Joop likes to be messy! Each morning he rumples his nest and musses his feathers. Despite their differences, Jasper and Joop are two very good friends—birds of a feather! But what will happen when one friend gets into trouble with some busy bees?

Another pair of darling goslings make their debut in this story, with Olivier Dunrea’s perfectly pitched storytelling and illustrations that Gossie&Friends fans have come to cherish.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780544052901
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/05/2013
Series:	Gossie and Friends Series
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
Lexile:	380L (what's this?)
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	3 Years

About the Author

Olivier Dunrea is the creator of beautiful and well-loved children’s books. A painter and a sculptor, his work centers around farms, animals, architecture, and folklore. He lives in the tiny village of Narrowsburg, New York, in the Catskill Mountains.

Editorial Reviews

"[A] pitch-perfect tale of friends as different as different can be."
— Kirkus

"Dunrea's expressive vignettes capture the innocence and adventure of toddlerhood and imbue the tilt of a beak or the curve of a feather with humor and personality."
—School Library Journal

From the Publisher

PreS—Straitlaced Jasper and free-spirited Joop are an unlikely pair of goslings. Jasper likes his nest tidy and the barnyard dry, while Joop's nest is perpetually mussed, and he leaps gleefully into "MUDDY mud!" When Joop's enthusiasm for shenanigans lands him beak-deep in a beehive, Jasper's the one to honk emphatically: "RUN!" Both goslings discover that they do not like bees and end up in the pond with a satisfying splash. Dunrea's expressive vignettes capture the innocence and adventure of toddlerhood and imbue the tilt of a beak or the curve of a feather with humor and personality. These newest additions to his gaggle of goslings are sure to wiggle their way into the hearts of well-mannered and mischievous youngsters everywhere.—Jenna Boles, Washington-Centerville Public Library, OH

School Library Journal

Meet a Felix and Oscar of the feathered variety in this pitch-perfect tale of friends as different as different can be. Roommates (or, rather, coopmates) Jasper and Joop could not be more unalike. Where Jasper is meticulous and tidy, Joop is carefree and messy. Where Jasper murmurs a disapproving "Muddy mud" or "Dusty straw," Joop will honk a thrilled "MUDDY mud!" or "DUSTY straw!" But when Joop goes sticking his beak into a beehive, it's Jasper who has the presence of mind to suggest that they run. Fortunately, even as they escape, Joop is able to show his best friend that sometimes getting dirty and wet can be a lot of fun. Few will be able to resist Jasper in his striped hat and matching tie, though scruffy-feathered Joop is the one kids will identify with the most readily. In Joop, the sheer joy of existence flows readily from the page. His is a life of exploiting pleasure in the here and now. Opposites may attract, but it's clear that Joop's carefree embrace of all things mucky will win the day (and the hearts of Joop-like readers everywhere) in this addition to Dunrea's diminutive gosling series. A winning tale of opposites attracting in spite of the odds. (Picture book. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews