Make Way for Ducklings
Paperback – Picture Book, February 1, 1999
Penguin Young Readers Group · Paperback · February 1, 1999
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER • The timeless and brilliantly illustrated classic that teaches the importance of kindness, perseverance, and familial love.
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- Who it’s for
- A gently comic picture-book adventure pairs family devotion with a compassionate view of city kindness.
- Themes
- Kindness and compassion, Family devotion, Perseverance through hardship
- Genres
- Ducks & Geese, The Classics, Family Stories
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER • The timeless and brilliantly illustrated classic that teaches the importance of kindness, perseverance, and familial love. Let the Mallard family waddle right off the page and into your child’s heart! “One of the merriest picture books ever.”—The New York Times Mrs. Mallard was sure that the pond in the Boston Public Gardens would be a perfect place for her and her eight ducklings to live.
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But when the busy streets of Boston become too risky for her and her family to navigate, the local police step in to make sure Mrs. Mallard and her ducklings—Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack, and Quack—make it to their new home safely. A beautiful portrayal of one duck family’s devotion and perseverance, this picture book is a wonderful representation of how families overcome hard times together and a compassionate reminder to trust in the goodness of humanity.
A City, Eight Ducklings
A gently comic picture-book adventure pairs family devotion with a compassionate view of city kindness.
Come here for
- A memorable duck family and Boston streets
- Warm humor alongside a story of perseverance
Expect
- A picture-book tale of family finding its way safely
- Kindness offered by unexpected neighbors
Where it sits
| Ducks & Geese | 93% |
|---|---|
| Family Stories | 68% |
| The Classics | 46% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Ducks & Geese
- The Classics
- Family Stories
- Authors
- Robert McCloskey
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- February 1, 1999
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Kindness and compassion · Family devotion · Perseverance through hardship
- Reading lane
- Ducks & Geese