The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Rosenthal, Amy Krouse

Duck! Rabbit!

32 pp. | Chronicle | April, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8118-6865-5 $16.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld. It's a duck. No, it's a rabbit. While two offstage narrators argue, readers can decide what the central figure in each double-page spread actually is. Rosenthal's skillfully written banter is heightened by Lichtenheld's simple ink, watercolor, and colored-pencil illustrations of the white duck-rabbit figure outlined in thick black line and silhouetted against a bright blue sky. A great brainteaser and great fun.

Reviewer: Chelsey Philpot | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2009