Splish, Splash, Ducky!

by Lucy Cousins, Lucy Cousins (Illustrator)

Overview

Revel in the rain with a little duckling and friends in a bright adventure from the creator of Maisy that kids will find just ducky.

Oh, goody, hooray!
It’s raining today.

When I’m feeling happy.
I say quack, quack, quack.

Ducky Duckling has so much fun in the rain! Readers will be happy to splish, splash, and paddle along with on Ducky's adventures with a frog and a worm, a bug and a slug, some swans and some fish. But what happens when the rain stops and Ducky feels sad? Can Dad save the day and bring sunshine back into those “quack, quack, quacks”?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781536200041
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	01/29/2019
Pages:	28
Product dimensions:	7.06(w) x 8.13(h) x 0.59(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Lucy Cousins is the creator of the beloved Maisy series. She is also the author-illustrator of the widely acclaimed Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales, a New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year, as well as I’m the Best, Hooray for Fish!, and Hooray for Birds! Lucy Cousins lives in Hampshire, England.

Editorial Reviews

Comforting, uplifting, lively, and interactive—just what you would expect from Cousins.
—Booklist

...toddlers will enjoy the bold artwork and will love repeating the phrase “Quack, quack, quack,” which appears on nearly every spread. Ducky is bound to make a splash at toddler storytimes.
—School Library Journal

A sweet addition to the toddler bookshelf.
—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

02/01/2018
Toddler-PreS—A day in the life of Ducky Duckling. Cousins describes Ducky's day in short declarative sentences using a large font text. The book's size, a generous 10 by 10 inch square format, is well suited for group sharing. Cousins uses her signature painterly style consisting of saturated primary colors with gouache and bold black outlines of animals and objects. However, in sticking to the simplest plot, this story is not as original as Cousins's other books that have been loved over the years, such as her "Maisy" series or Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales. Nevertheless, toddlers will enjoy the bold artwork and will love repeating the phrase "Quack, quack, quack," which appears on nearly every spread. VERDICT Ducky is bound to make a splash at toddler storytimes.—Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VA

School Library Journal

2017-10-28
Ducky Duckling finds all the activities it can do in the rain make it happy.In her signature style of cheery, vibrantly colored illustrations outlined in black, Cousins introduces a new character to her repertoire in the form of bright yellow Ducky Duckling. Readers soon find out that when Ducky Duckling feels happy it says (in bold, display type), "Quack, quack, quack!" And that is exactly what the happy little duckling says at the end of every double-page spread. "Oh, goody, hooray! / It's raining today. / I'm going to find / my friends to play. / Quack, quack, quack!" In rhyming text accompanied by eye-catching illustrations, readers will find Ducky hopping with a frog, squirming with a worm, hugging a bug and a slug, playing with swans, shaking feathers in the rainy weather, and otherwise just having fun in the rain. Readers will observe what Ducky does not: that the raindrops decrease in number spread by spread. Then: "Oh, no! / The rain has stopped. / No more drips. / No more drops." As Ducky feels sad and goes in search of Dad, the mallard male encourages Ducky to follow the lead of the butterflies and have fun "We'll quack together / whatever the weather. / Hop on my back and… / QUACK, QUACK,QUACK!"A sweet addition to the toddler bookshelf. (Picture book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews