Gossie & Friends: Gossie Plays Hide and Seek Hardcover – February 15, 2010

Gossie Plays Hide and Seek was advertised on the back of another Gossie book, and as such, my toddler has been demanding this book ever since we told her the name of it when she pointed to it on the back of that book. Of course, the library didn't carry this, and so, after about 3 months of daily requests, I decided to go ahead and buy a copy.This book reminds me of DOG - it has the same sort of push/pull tabs, and is about the same size. In addition, it has extra sensory features - a scratch and sniff picture, and textures to feel.As other reviewers have mentioned, some of the push/pull pictures are a little flimsy. I think I broke one of them! But my daughter seems to love the book, and as long as she only reads it with my supervision, I think it will last for awhile.There's also a game in the back that essentially follows the storyline of the book, but I haven't played it with her.

Would say it is 5 stars except the page where there was supposed to be a squeaky button, doesn't work at all..makes no noise. All the other pages of pulling and lifting work great. However, I bought it for my 2yo and some of the tabs aren't really made for tiny fingers.

If you're a fan of the Gossie book series, this is a great addition to your collection. We purchased it used and it came in excellent condition. The illustrations are recycled from the other books in the series, but the book itself has its own unique storyline. We love all the pull tabs etc it has to offer and my toddler loves looking for "Ollie" who is one of our favorite characters (along with "Boo Boo" and "Peedie" who are also featured in the book). I highly recommend!

Looked like such a fun book but we thought we were getting a new one and parts were already taken off. Just wasn’t worth the cost for not getting it new.

...has a bunch of flimsy card pieces for a game in the back cover and the little slot to keep them together is pretty flimsy. That said the book itself is very sweet and nicely made and both of our girls really love this book and almost a year later it's still held up really well (they were 2 and 5ish at the time).

Loves this series. When my grandson takes a break from things, he will always sit contentedly with one of these books. He can easily turn the pages and will look at the illustrations on each page. Probably most importantly, he loves them.

Wanted to love this book since our 2.5 year old loves the series but the tabs are a bit too tough for her to pull on her own. She still enjoys trying to pull the tabs but several have been torn in the process.

I bought this as a gift for my granddaughter's first birthday. Both she and her parents were very happy with it. What's so great about this book?First, it features the whimsical artwork and beloved gosling characters of Olivier Dunrea. If you haven't met Gossie, Ollie, Gertie and Peedie then you're in for a treat. Check for earlier titles by Olivier Dunrea.Second, this book brings together all the novelties of board books into one story. There are flaps to lift, tabs to pull, discs to turn and more to keep little fingers busy. There's even a scratch and sniff spot.You couldn't find a single book for this age group with more fun packed into it!

Lovely book to share with your toddler. You pull on tabs to seek out the goslings. Only critisim is that some are a little flimsy and have already been pulled off by my heavy handed 14 month old, that said she loves it.

This is a pretty cool book, and seems to have slightly more "action" than the German language version (although, Pips and Fips are WAY better names than Gossie and Gertie, yeesh). There's even a whole little game in the back to play, if your kid is old enough for that (mine's not, he just wants to lift flaps and that sort of thing).It's awfully bulky for such a short book, though, and a bit expensive. Might have been worth a bit more to me if my kid was a little older, though I imagine by then he would be quite bored with the brevity of the story.

Love all the gossie books!!!