Margaret MacDonald, Geraldo Valerio
Go to Sleep, Gecko!
eBook
(August House June 8, 2006)
In this award winning tale, Gecko may be small, but he has a giant-sized problem. Every night he is awakened by the fireflies outside his window. When Gecko doesn't get his rest, he gets a little grumpy. So he goes to Elephant, the head of the village, to complain. His request that the fireflies stop working at night sets off a comical chain of problems for everyone in the village. Through this cumulative tale from the Balinese tradition, Gecko learns that his well-being depends on that of the entire village … and he ....finally goes to sleep, a little wiser. Geraldo Valério's whimsical acrylics capture the comic exasperation of the characters in the community and the lush Indonesian setting of the tale.
- Pages
- 32
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