The Flightless Goose Called Gilbert

《Flightless Goose》, is a true story. The goose’s name is Gilbert and he lives in a lake in Columbus, Ohio (Goodman & Goodman, 2008). Because of some unfortunate circumstances, Gilbert can't fly south for the winter with other geese (Goodman & Goodman, 2008). Gilbert is one of the gang, but he is a very young goose in his flock, and is his running, swimming and flying every day. One day, however, Gilbert was hit by a car, and as a result of this accident, he left unable to fly (Goodman & Goodman, 2008).At first, his friends supported him, including his activities, but as time went by, they changed their attitude, and they began to reject him, played tricks on him, and mocked him, calling him "Gilbert, flightless goose" (Goodman & Goodman, 2008).As autumn approached, the rest of the birds migrated, and gave up on Gilbert.

The story of the goose named Gilbert is really touching; he learned that life is terrible sometimes, even though it made him become different. This is an exciting story; it is good multicultural children's literature. The author took the goose story to teach children that everyone is different; everyone has different skills and talent. This is not only a story with a fairy tale ending. It is a real, honest story. This book is suitable for 7-10 years old children to read. The author hopes to make the multicultural children’s literature become everyone's favorite. The author uses the book to encourage children who meet difficulties in life, do not give up, and must keep going. It is can use in class.

《The Kite Runner》, it was focuses on Afghanistan in the 1970s (Hosseini, 2003). It is the life story of two children - Emir of 12 years old, and his servant Hasan. The two people were very good friends (Hosseini, 2003). ...

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...one should be humble, and need to help others (Turk & Alford, 2010). This book can teach children a lot, if children just normal, do not need care, just need to get an extraordinary course. This book can use in class to teach children a lot.

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Goodman, E. D., & Goodman, N. A. (2008). Flightless goose. Nottingham, MD: Writer's Lair Books.

Hosseini, K. (2003). The kite runner. New York: Riverhead Books.

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Tuck, P. M., & Velasquez, E. (2013). As fast as words could fly. New York: Lee & Low Books.

Tuck, P. M., & Alford, J. M. (2010). The adventure of Sheldon, the mushroom.

Uchida, Y., & Carrick, D. (1971). Journey to Topaz; A story of the Japanese-American evacuation. New York: Scribner.