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40 pp.
| Candlewick |
February, 2002 |
TradeISBN 0-7636-1668-0$$14.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Ivan Bates.
Here's a read-aloud loaded with opportunities for preschoolers to make sounds and movements as they follow along with Mama Duck and her five little ducklings, quacking and hopping and plopping in the river. Bates's light watercolors follow the energy and humor of the narration, although they have difficulty showing danger: the wily fox looks cute and friendly.