Treasure

Goose and Bear Stories

by Suzanne Bloom

Bear and Goose are back and on a treasure hunt. Goose believes that the paper in Bear's hand could only be a treasure map. And X marks the spot—but for what? Soon Bear and Goose are on a wild-goose chase for hidden treasure in this warm and adorable follow-up to the award-winning A Splendid Friend, Indeed.

Genres: Picture Books, Pirates, Friendship, Childrens, Animals, Adventure, Fiction

32 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2007

Reviews

[Candace · Rating 4 out of 5]

Goose is sure Bear's paper is a treasure map. They set off to find it. They look for buried treasure and sunken treasure. But they haven't found it yet. Where could the treasure be?

This book is an enchanting discovery of true friendship, with extra-large text for easy reading and vivid pictures to capture the children's imagination. Treasure is a follow-up to Susanne Bloom's book A Splendid Friend, Indeed.

[Carter Harrison · Rating 4 out of 5]

We are all treasures =)

[Regina Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

A special story that shows the treasure of friendship.

[Tamara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Duck and Polar Bear go treasure hunting, and find that they are each other's treasure.

Love love love this book!

Favorite Illustration:
Polar Bear is diving into the water & Duck's feet are poking through the ice at the top of the page.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun neat book about friendship. The illustrations go with the text and tells a story all itself with the expressions the polar bear gives his friend the duck. We enjoyed this book. A beginning reader could build their self esteem with this book the text was fairly simple and wasn't long.

[Zonia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Loved it!

[Jess Gill · Rating 4 out of 5]

enjoyed this one just as much as "A splendid friend, indeed".

[Sam Bloom · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a great book! The facial expressions on Bear are just wonderful as Goose gets carried away, and the ending is cute. Not quite as good as Splendid Friend Indeed, but still enjoyable!

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple text and pictures but my kids enjoyed it.

[Kelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very little print, but a good chance to dive, dig, and shout "Yo ho ho!" Expressive, humorous illustrations.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Four stars just for the underwater dive.

[Leona · Rating 5 out of 5]

bear and duck search for treasure but don't think they find any until bear reminds duck that spending time with a friend is the best treasure of all.

[Jill · Rating 5 out of 5]

This may be one of my favorites of the series.

[Patricia N. McLaughlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple story about play and friendship made even more enjoyable by Bloom's unique illustrations.

[Nadine · Rating 4 out of 5]

this one has just gorgeous illustrations as bear goes from dry to swimming to wet/dry. Finding the treasure in spending time together hunting for treasure.

[Amanda Walz · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very cute story about adventure and friendship. It is told almost entirely by Goose's voice.

[Jon Nakapalau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great 'friends on an adventure' book!

[Lara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very simple story about friendship and fun. Text is all speech/dialogue, mostly from Goose (good opportunity to use those silly voices). Would fit into a story time on pirates or friends very easily.
Enjoyed the illustrations - love the one with Bear swimming under Goose's feet. :)

[Aarvik · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice read!

[Kimberly]

1-3 lines per page, big illustrations/font.

[Jaime · Rating 4 out of 5]

—a friendship story about enjoying life

[Kelsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had a great message about friendship: the greatest treasures are your friends. It had simple text and fun illustrations that would be great for young students in kindergarten or first grade. The use of repetition in word choice is catchy and would help beginning readers practice.

[Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

I felt like it was someone trying to write like Mo Willems (but with better illustrations). It was frustrating for little ones to know which character is supposed to be speaking since the author opted not to use the talk-bubbles to make it clear.

[Lara · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wanted to like this one more than I did--I loooooove polar bears, and I appreciate the idea of this one, and the illustrations are really pretty. It's sweet and cute and is a nice story about the value of friendship, but it just didn't really stand out to me, I guess.

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

Looking for books about treasures for our Summer Reading Program Adventure hour. We are going Metal Detecting and we need something to correlate with it...I think this one for work, but I would like something else. I like the picture and I like the story,

[Kate Hastings · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very simple book to share with toddlers in case of pirate/treasure theme.

[Dawn · Rating 2 out of 5]

For beginning readers. Repetitive, dull text and boring illustrations. It gets starred reviews from Kirkus and SLJ though...

[Jay R. · Rating 3 out of 5]

great!!!

[H. Givens · Rating 3 out of 5]

This whole series is an adorable friendship story. I just wish it was easier to tell who's speaking, the two aren't differentiated and there's no narration.

[Esodhiambo · Rating 2 out of 5]

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