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  • Little Ducks Go (I Like to Read)

Little Ducks Go
(I Like to Read)

Author
Emily Arnold McCully
Publication Date
January 15, 2015
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  K − 1st
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
Little Ducks Go (I Like to Read)
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Description

Six little ducks are whisked down a storm drain, and it's up to Mother Duck to get them safely back home in this adorable story from a Caldecott-winning artist.

Publication date
January 15, 2015
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780823433001
Lexile Measure
170
Guided Reading Level
C
Publisher
Holiday House
Series
I Like to Read
BISAC categories
JUV043000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Beginner
JUV002370 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Baby Animals
JUV002280 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Ducks, Geese, Etc.

ALA/Booklist

The watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations capture both the details of the sunny day and the dark drains as the chase moves from quiet town to busy city streets, ramping up the tension. It all ends with a very clever rescue scene and a nice lesson in generosity and cooperation to boot

Kirkus

It would be easy to believe that the energetic pen-and-watercolor illustrations were sketched from life as McCully followed ducks around her neighborhood. . . . Very few readers will remain unmoved as that mother duck runs from grating to grating, trying to catch a glimpse of her children; everyone loves a duck
Emily Arnold McCully
Emily Arnold McCully is the author and/or illustrator of many picture books, novels, and nonfiction books for children and young adults, including the Caldecott Medal-winning picture book biography Mirette on the High Wireand Ida M. Tarbell: The Woman Who Challenged Big Business -- and Won!, which was a Washington Post Best Children's Book of the Year and a finalist for the YALSA Best Nonfiction Book of the Year. Among her favorite topics to write about are brave girls and women. She lives in New York.
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