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Off to school, Baby Duck!
Record details
- ISBN: 9780763602444 (hc. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780763610548 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0763602442 (hc. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0763610542 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
print
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 1999.
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| Subject: | First day of school -- Juvenile fiction Fear -- Juvenile fiction Grandfathers -- Juvenile fiction Ducks -- Juvenile fiction |
| Topic Heading: | FEAR - FICTION. FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL - FICTION. DUCKS - FICTION. GRANDFATHERS - FICTION. |
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- 6 of 6 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rossland Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Rossland Public Library | E HES (Text) | 35162000161544 | Easy | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Monthly Selections - #2 September 1999
/*Starred Review*/ Ages 3^-6. Baby Duck is a trailblazer of sorts, showing young children what it will be like when they become siblings or have to face a challenge such as wearing glasses. Now, Baby Duck is on her way to school, and she's not happy about it. Despite the fact that she has a new school bag containing a fresh pad and yellow pencil, she isn't sure she wants to take the leap into scholarship. As usual, it is a talk with Grandfather that helps her make the transition, especially as he encourages her to voice her fears in a song: "Please don't make me go to school. / My teacher will be mean. / I won't have any fun or friends. / And who will buckle my shoe?" A nice teacher, a new friend, and the promise that her family will be waiting when school is out, prompt a new, happier song. There are many books about starting school, but like You're the Boss, Baby Duck (1998),which dealt with the arrival of a new baby, familiar situations seem new, fresh, and very real when Baby is in the middle of them. It is amazing how Hest can delineate a character so completely with so few words--as when Grandfather tells Baby she sings nice songs, and Baby immodestly agrees, "Yes. I do." As in the previous books, Barton's big, friendly pictures in an oversize format warm the text. Baby Duck continues to be a terrific combination of sugar and spice. ((Reviewed September 15, 1999)) Copyright 2000 Booklist Reviews - Horn Book Guide Reviews : Horn Book Guide Reviews 2000 Spring
Baby Duck, who doesn't care a whit that she is involved in a universal rite of passage, resists leaving the known (home) for the unknown (school). But Grampa, as always, knows just the right thing to say, and soon Baby Duck is happily heading off to school. As in the previous books, both Hest's text and Barton's illustrations contain details that accurately capture a preschooler's many moods.Copyright 2000 Horn Book Guide Reviews - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 1999 December #1
PreS-Gr 1-Apprehensive Baby Duck is helped through an intimidating new experience by her loving family in this reassuring remedy for first-day jitters. (Sept.) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information. - School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 1999 September
PreS-Gr 1 Baby Duck's new adventure uses the now-familiar format to handle a common childhood fear with uncommon grace and humor. Baby is understandably nervous on the first day of school, even though her mother assures her that she is "big and brave." Her parents and little sister blithely lead the way to school, as she drags behind. Baby's ever-attentive Grampa waits in the schoolyard, ready as always with just the right questions and confidence boosts she needs. As she shows him all the important things in her school bag, her worries begin to melt away. Grampa even double-checks a few things with the teacher, Miss Posy: "Are you mean? Do you sing songs in that schoolhouse? Do you like sandwiches with jam, and yellow pencils?" And so, fears allayed, Baby Duck skips off to school. Hest and Barton treat their subject with understanding, compassion, and gentle humor. The large, bright pictures make this an ideal storytime book, and the detailed expressions make the characters' emotions from Baby's initial hesitation to Grampa's careful listening come to life. No matter how many going-to-school books you already have, don't miss out on this one. Kathleen M. Kelly MacMillan, Carroll County Public Library, Eldersburg, MD Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information. - School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 1999 December
PreS-Gr 1-Apprehensive Baby Duck is helped through an intimidating new experience by her loving family in this reassuring remedy for first-day jitters. (Sept.) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
