Review — Go to Sleep, Gecko!

Carol S. Surges, Library Media Specialist, McKinley Elementary, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
Library Media Connection, Vol. 25, Number 6 — 3/1/2007

Additional Selection. The lesson in this simple cumulative tale will provide a great springboard to a discussion on acceptance. Gecko is irritated when the fireflies’ blinking keeps him awake at night. He awakens elephant, the “village boss,” and demands his help, but elephant finds the fireflies’ explanation reasonable. Elephant is then referred from one animal to the next. Gecko finally realizes that he depends on these events for his well-being. The illustrations, in bright blues, greens, and yellows, are playful and done with broad strokes and simple shapes. Add this to folktale collections that don’t own Gecko’s Complaint: A Balinese Folktale retold by Ann Martin Bowler (Tuttle Publishing, 2003) or where students need a reminder on tolerance.

Title Details: Go to Sleep, Gecko!
Author: Margaret Read MacDonald  
Illustrator: Geraldo Valério
Interest Level: GR PreK-2

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