Review — Go to Sleep, Gecko!

Children’s Book Center, Cooperative Services for Children’s Literature — 06/29/2007

Based on a Balinese folktale, Margaret Read MacDonald retells the story Go to Sleep, Gecko! with a bit of a twist, using colorful and cheerful images by Geraldo Valério. MacDonald creates an imaginative storyline to explain how the world works. The animals and hurdles that arise in the book are funny and attention grabbing for children of the preschool through primary stages. As in his other illustrations, Valério uses his stunning illustrations to help guide the readers through this charming folktale of how the world works.—LaTisha Bloom, Bowling Green State University student

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

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