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The Unexpected Love Story of Alfred Fiddleduckling
48 pp.
| Candlewick |
February, 2017 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-6432-9$15.99
(3)
K-3
A captain aboard his ship has a gift for his wife at home: a duck egg. After a storm washes the egg overboard, it hatches. The duckling swims to the captain's likewise-adrift fiddle, leading to a roundabout rescue. This wondrous ode to the interconnectivity of it all boasts commanding mixed-media illustrations with weather-churning heavy brushstrokes of acrylic paint.