The Gecko and the Echo: From The World of Rachel Bright & Jim Field bookcover

The Gecko and the Echo: From The World of Rachel Bright & Jim Field

Rachel Bright, Jim Field

WINNER OF THE LAUGH-OUT-LOUD BOOK AWARDS 2024 POETRY CATEGORY!

A flamboyantly fun tropical tale of love, fame, friendship from the creators of the international bestseller The Lion Inside.

Goldy wants one thing, and one thing only – to be a STAR. On the sunny island this gecko calls home, it’s always THE GOLDY SHOW, morning ‘til night.

But when you’re dazzled by the limelight, it’s easy to lose sight of the world around you. And when Goldy’s performance starts to go wrong, the little gecko discovers that friendship means so much more than fame. Because when you treat the world with love, then love will come echoing back.

This funny and touching rhyming story is perfect for sharing, reminding us all that treating others with kindness makes the whole world a better and happier place.

Latest reviews

Tra la La La

I love the pictures in the book.. they’re so bold, bright and colourful! The story is great too although my mum helps me read this one!

Funny and excellent

Lovely story and the illustrations are fabulous

I liked when gecko said “after you sending his way the the back of the queue” for breakfast. He was being nice.

I like when the Gecko starts singing with care at the end.

I really like the music but I don’t like geckos

I love the story. A bit hard for me, but I challenged myself to use phonics to sound and read the tricky words.

Loved the pictures and the Gecko out of tune

some words i didnt understand i think it was a bit old for me but i enjoyed it

The gecko changed at the end, for the better

I thought it was wonderful, it was nice at the end when goldy went to the back of the queue to let others have dinner first. I though it was funny when he was burping

goldy was the only one who does ehcoes

I like the echo because it’s like the echo in highway rat

This book was OK. I didn't understand all of it.

I love geckos because that geckos in the story was very fun and that he had a guitar because Love music. I like that he learnt from the butterfly to not be rude and loud. This is a fiction book and I recommend anyone to read it.

I really like this book because Goldy always wants to be the best and finds out that he has a croaky voice, so that was why all of the other geckos from the jungle were saying he was a bad singer. At the end Goldy was very kind because he put the baby geckos to sleep and let the other geckos go to the front to get food. In the book they said Goldy was really bad singer and was a pain in the butt. That really mad me laugh! I would really recommend this book because it is really funny and has great rhyming.

I really liked the pictures and thought this book was interesting

I would recommend it to a friend

Great story with colourful illustrations. you should always believe in yourself!

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