Duck!
- Subject
- Animals - Ducks, Geese, etc.
- Age
- 3-5 years
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 32
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press (MA)
- Size
- 25.9 cm Ă 26.4 cm
- ISBN
- 9781536204223
In this funny nod to Chicken Little, a quiet afternoon on the farm might be the scene of a barnyard disaster waiting to happen.
When Duck runs around the farm shouting âDUCK!â to the other animals, they grow exasperated as they haughtily explain to Duck which animal is which. Unfortunately, something is falling from the sky. But perhaps âDUCK!â isnât the best warning. Perhaps what Duck should have said is . . . âRUN!â
When Duck runs around the farm shouting âDUCK!â to the other animals, they grow exasperated as they haughtily explain to Duck which animal is which. Unfortunately, something is falling from the sky. But perhaps âDUCK!â isnât the best warning. Perhaps what Duck should have said is . . . âRUN!â
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What reviewers said
Eckstrom's cartoon-style art enhances the humor at every turn, even including tiny, distant images of the house hurtling through the sky on pages before its crash-landing. Wonderfulâsure to beckon repeat reads.
The pencil, acrylic, and digital art undercuts some of the action with fuzzy edges and a muted palette, but the real possibility here lies in the performance, with the animalsâ compounding upon their frustrated answers to Duckâs misinterpreted command (âYou are a duck, and he is a horse, and she is a cow, and he is a pig, and I am a sheepâ), culminating in a very adult-sounding lecture about the value of differenceâright before the wind picks up. Use this as a playful counterpart to the classic âChicken Littleâ for an engaging storytime.
