The Serious Goose

Nothing feels better than a good laugh, other than maybe hearing your kids have a good laugh. The Serious Goose by Jimmy Kimmel pretty much guarentees it. I picked this book up with our 4 year old at at bookstore a few weeks ago and it has instantly become a family favourite. Appeals to kids as young as 2 and makes everyone in our home laugh out loud. There’s a bit of a weird ending with a page about their attorneys coming after you for making the goose laugh but we just skip that part and celebrate that we made the serious goose into a silly goose. A great extension is to play a game we now call The Serious Goose by sternly saying to your kids, “Now, just remember, there are only serious gooses allowed in this house. No silly gooses whatsoever! No laughing, no smiling, no having fun allowed! No exceptions!” Your kids will undoubtedly start smiling and laughing and you can then dramatically chase them around and roughhouse with them saying, “Oh no!!! You just turned into a silly goose! I thought this house only had Serious Gooses in it!! What is going on!! I told you not to laugh!!”! Between the book and the game - you and your kids are bound to have some good laughs together with this one!