Bibliographic Citation: Rosenthal, Amy Krouse. Duck! Rabbit!. Illustrated by Tom Lichenheld. Candlewick Press, 2009. 40 pages. ISBN: 978-0811868655
Format: Hardcover
Awards: Goodreads choice award nominee for picture book (2009)
Author/Illustrator Sites: http://www.whoisamy.com, http://www.tomlichtenheld.com
Author/Illustrator Sites: http://www.whoisamy.com, http://www.tomlichtenheld.com
Age Group: Ages 0–4 Years
Annotation: The narrators debate whether the animal shown is a duck or a rabbit.
Reflection: When I first pulled the book off the shelf the oversized black text was a great contrast against the stark, black and white line-drawing of the duck/rabbit. The entire book contained the super large, black text and the same repeating large head of the duck/rabbit. The conversational style of the book is a great example of a conversation that children can easily relate to. The text reads, “Oh great, you scared him away. I didn’t scare him away. You scared him away.” It has a great twist at the end with the two narrators finding a new creature, one thinking it’s an anteater and the other thinking it’s a brachiosaurus!
Reflection: When I first pulled the book off the shelf the oversized black text was a great contrast against the stark, black and white line-drawing of the duck/rabbit. The entire book contained the super large, black text and the same repeating large head of the duck/rabbit. The conversational style of the book is a great example of a conversation that children can easily relate to. The text reads, “Oh great, you scared him away. I didn’t scare him away. You scared him away.” It has a great twist at the end with the two narrators finding a new creature, one thinking it’s an anteater and the other thinking it’s a brachiosaurus!
Categorization Tags: Animals -- Identification, Juvenile fiction, Children's stories, Pictorial works,
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