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McKenzie’s Frosty Surprise

September 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR In this story by Patricia L. Atchison and Jo-Anne Jagers, McKenzie is a Mallard duck with a mind of his own. Rather than follow the other ducks and make the annual migration when the weather starts to get colder, he insists on staying behind. Soon thereafter, McKenzie learns that it wasn’t [...]

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If You Were My Baby: A Wildlife Lullaby

August 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN If you were my baby squirrel,/ I would welcome you to the world/ In a secret nest I made just for you. And so begins this tender bedtime story. Following the same format on each page — three poetic lines written from a parental perspective — children are introduced to [...]

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10 Little Rubber Ducks

July 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JENNIFER GANNETT Author and illustrator Eric Carle has an extensive body of work that is well known to those with children or even those who have set foot in the children’s section of any American bookstore or library. A brief forward in 10 Little Rubber Ducks explains that Mr. Carle’s inspiration for this [...]

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Duck Soup

June 14th, 2010 · No Comments · Books

Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR In Duck Soup by Jackie Urbanovic, all of Max’s friends believe he must have fallen into a pot of soup he was preparing. Frantic to get their friend out of the pot of soup, they strain it and search for him in all of the vegetables they come across, questioning whether [...]

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