Six White Geese

About the Book

Six White Geese was based on a true story of when these geese were brought to Raging River Tree Farm to weed the nursery. Nine-year-old Sasha and her younger sister, Sonia, lived there with their parents. The geese were wild, but Sasha talked Sonia into trying to tame them. After being beaten by the goose’s wings when trying to hand feed them and being chased and nipped by the geese, Sasha finally decided to pretend that she was a goose. She used goose feather that she had collected to tape wings to her shoulders and arms, where she chased her sister around the yard. Later, as she walked by the feed shed, she spied a goose that had come in looking for grain. Sasha was able to herd the goose into a corner, where it finally surrendered to her loving arms and sweet words.

About the Author

Author/ Illustrator Kiraya Kestin Kiraya Kestin attended the University of Washington as an art major in painting. She took writing lessons from the Institute of Children’s Literature for two years. She joined Western Washington Society of Children’s Writers and Illustrators and attended seminars and critique groups. She had a poem published in SCBWI magazine of Western Washington, and two in Miracle Magazine. “Hammy” was her first self-published and illustrated children’s book about her hamster and sister’s Siamese cat. She read that story on Halo Kids Tales, radio program with J.D. Holiday. “Remembering Me” was her second novel/memoirs of her preschool life in the late 1940’s, and when she first discovered she liked to draw. “Six White Geese” was her second children’s picture book and told the story of her two daughters attempts to tame six white geese that came to weed Raging River tree farm where their family lived.