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32 pp.
| Blue Apple |
June, 2005 |
TradeISBN 1-59354-073-6$15.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Laura Rader.
One spring Sunday while Doctor Duck is busy planting his garden, the other animals on the farm call for his help. A goat, a cow, and a pig are giving birth and want him to assist. Although the illustrations are playful, the slight story, told in plodding rhyme, has little sense of drama.