Quick Duck!

Product Description

Where is that duck going in such a hurry? Mary Murphy brings her surefire baby appeal to this bright concept book.

This little duckie needs to be quick-quack-quick — leaping out of the mud, scooting under the hedge, running around the flowers, and skipping over the stones. Now he can splash into the river, where his mom and siblings are waiting and ready to go!

From School Library Journal

PreS-These titles complement each other in their simple exploration of opposites. In Quick Duck!, an energetic duckling joyfully bounds out of a mud puddle, under a hedge, and around some flowers to join its family down at the pond. “Snail slides s-l-o-w-l-y down her flower” across a stone and beyond on her way to dinner with a friend, always s-l-o-w-l-y. Children can track the animals’ journey across the pages, by way of duck’s muddy footprints and snail’s slime trail. In both cases, ink and watercolor cartoons are rendered digitally, creating simple and charming works.-Laura Hunter, Mount Laurel Library, NJα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Review

A wide-eyed and enthusiastic yellow duck takes center stage in this unstuffy introduction to prepositions.
—Publishers Weekly

Ink and watercolor cartoons are rendered digitally, creating simple and charming works
.
—School Library Journal

About the Author

Mary Murphy is the author-illustrator of the classic
I Kissed the Baby! as well as
A Kiss Like This,
Utterly Lovely One,
Panda Foo and the New Friend, and
How Kind! She lives in Galway, Ireland.