Ducks Away

Reviewed by: Jan Hamilton - Little Dolphin School, SCARBOROUGH, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: August 7, 2018

Review

Mem Fox is known for her picture books that have a positive impact on early readers. In this story mother duck attempts to walk her ducklings across a bridge but one by one they fall off into the water below. The duck family provides an opportunity to practice simple math skills while enjoying the bravery of yellow ducklings.

Horacek had offered simple illustrations employing a vast amount of white space. The action of each ducking is clear and somewhat surprising. Young readers will initially be concerned as the first duckling falls but will giggle as its siblings follow. The print is in a large font size and is clear enough for early readers to decipher. This is another good work presented by the author and illustrator team that will fit into classroom collections and in public libraries concept book sections.

Overall Book Score: very good