About this title: MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS combines a perfectly told tale with lovely illustrations to tell the story of how a family of ducks found a home in Boston's Public Garden. After hatching and raising their chicks along the Charles River, Mr. and Mrs. Mallard decide it's finally time to bring their new family to their real home--on the island in the middle of the Public Garden's lake. With Mr. Mallard already at the Public Garden preparing his family's new home, it's up to Mrs. Mallard to get their eight ducklings safely from the Charles River to the Public Garden--unfortunately, this means that they ...
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Description: Very good. Audio cassette, plays well, in plastic case with NO artwork. From PRIVATE COLLECTOR, NOT EX-library. Please, see our feedback! read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Puffin Books
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780140501711ISBN:0140501711
Description: Good. 12mo Wide8. {000502} Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey. ISBN 0140501711. Published by Puffin Books in 1969. TRADE PAPERBACK 12mo Wide8 Children Bedtime {Book Condition} GOOD {Book Condition Details} Binding: minor end bumping, Cover: rubbing, bumped corners, barely visible edge wear, creasing on Spine, creasing, scuffing, End Papers: owner inscription(s) on front free endpaper, front free endpaper soled, Text: creasing. {Keywords} Children Bedtime. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 64 p. Contains: Illustrations. Picture Puffins. Audience: Children/juvenile. b28 crease on cover read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Puffin Books
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780590339490ISBN:0590339494
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. -, Spiral Bound, Very Good / read more
"This book is a Caldecott winner. The illustrations were strong. The storyline adorable, with a motherduck raising her young to lead them across a busy highway to the pond in the park. The mama duck receives the assistance of the police force; hence the title, "Make way for Ducklings." I do agree that the text was beautifully supported by the pictures. The pictures by far were the strongest element. I did notice however, some grammatical errors in the text such as a substitution "eat" for "ate" and I believe a misspelled word "good-by" instead of "good bye." Other than the drawings, which depict the ducks in flight, and the surrounding town and the expressions of the people as they gawked at the line of 8 baby ducks and their mama, this book left me wanting just a bit of something more."
"Make Way for Ducklings may indeed be my favorite book from childhood. It is also beautifully illustrated. It will keep your children captivated from the beginning to the end.
It is a wonderful tale about a mother and father duck who look for a home in which to raise their ducklings. Eventually they find that home in the Boston Public Gardens. There is a wonderful scene where they are about to cross a busy Boston street and a friendly policeman holds up traffic until they reach safety.
It is a wonderful story about the nurturing love of parents for their children. The ducks are imbued with a humanized aspect of that love. It is a book that will make children come to appreciate animals, especially ducks.
I have wonderful memories of my mother reading this to me as a child. I would suggest that you do the same with your children. It will create a lasting memory that they will cherish forever.
Davis Aujourd'hui, author of the humorous "The Misadventures of Sister Mary Olga Fortitude""
"I love the story this book tells, but even more I love the story the illustrations tell. The pictures illustrate what the text says, but adds many little details. I liked that in each picture of the ducklings after they were hatched they were all doing something different. One was always looking down, one was right there with his mother, one was always a little behind just trying to catch up, and one was always looking up usually searching for a fly. The detail of these simple pictures are amazing too. Each person is doing something different. I like how when the swam boat comes by all the children are doing something instead of just sitting there looking. Some are hanging over the side, others are standing. I believe that to be how kids would really act were they on this boat. Also, I just like how the illustrations added just extra details to the buildings or a shocked look on the people passing by. Everything seems to have a purpose and I think I could look through this book many times and always find something new."
"A complete and utter classic of kids' literature; and it can't even be limited to kids! A touching and charming story about a mother duck just trying to get her little ducklings across busy Boston, the dangers they face, and the kindhearted people that do their best to help. Helped along by cute brown-sketch illustrations and a straightforward writing style that doesn't talk down to kids. I had my family read it to me over and over."
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