It's Quacking Time!
What's This Book About
Martin Waddell and Jill Barton team up for a ducky celebration of springtime, family, and miraculous new arrivals. “Did you come in an egg?” Duckling gasped.”All ducks do,” Grandpa said. Mommy Duck has laid a pale blue egg among the rushes, and soon it will be quacking time at the lake. Duckling has never seen a duck egg before and finds it very hard to believe that a baby duck could fit inside. But now all the family is gathering Auntie and Cousin and Grandpa and the excitement is high as they wait for a tap-tap-tap and a CRACK! and, finally, a tiny beak and a head poking out. Little listeners will be more than eager to join in their final chorus: “Quack-quack! Quack-quack-quack!”
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The Creatives Behind the Book
Martin Waddell wanted Owl Babies to capture the “strong emotion of ‘I want my mommy!’” that is so familiar to children. Martin Waddell is the author of more than one hundred books for young readers. He lives in England.
JILL BARTON has always loved drawing and children’s books, but didn’t pursue this passion as a career for many years. At the age of 44, having married and brought up three children, Jill enrolled on a degree course in illustration. She has since illustrated many bestselling books for children and received numerous awards for her work: she was shortlisted for the Macmillan Children’s Prize for Students; commended for the Kate Greenaway award; and won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for In the Rain with Baby Duck (Candlewick Press). Jill now has five grandchildren and lives and works inDevon, England.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780763627386
- Publication Date
- February 3, 2005
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press (MA)
- Page Count
- 32
- Words Per Page
- 14
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 3 - 7 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2004057039
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 56413528
- Est. Lexile® Level
- ~221L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~H
- ATOS® Book Level
- 1.9
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 86603
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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