Foolish Goose

Foolish Goose is a silly story about a goose that thinks she has fallen into a river.


School Zone’s Start to Read! series helps children learn to read by presenting interesting stories with easy vocabularies. Words are repeated. Sentences are short. Rhyming words help children increase their vocabularies. Meaningful clues in the illustrations are abundant. After several readings with a partner, the child should be able to read alone. Most of all, the reading experience should be enjoyable.


Most of the vocabulary words in Foolish Goose are typically introduced in first grade. The words called, river, and asked are second grade words. Cried and really are higher-level words.