A leafy parade to celebrate our favorite time of year.' Rhyme rules the text but isn't forced in the least.

Could a leaf from a tree become a hat, a Halloween mask, a hammock, or something else entirely? 'It could be a horn that blows, announcing that we're here. The picture book's idyllic setting seems Northeastern in nature, with deciduous trees shedding leaves, which the child scoops up. 2-5)Ī child with brown skin offers gentle, artful ideas about what to do with autumn leaves. Audiences of one or many will enjoy it, especially if they get to press the duck and make him squeak. While not Carle’s best work, it still has those saturated colors that have such appeal. He offers his take on the 1992 news story that inspired Eve Bunting and David Wisniewski to create Ducky (1997). All of his well-known components are present: a list of animals-many of them recognizable from earlier works-repeated words and phrases, bright friendly art on lots of white background, and a noisemaker at the end. Laura Ingalls Wilder Award–recipient and perennial favorite Carle revisits the counting-book format with his unmistakable blocky, painted collages.

The tenth rubber toy runs into a family of wild ducks and they all nestle down under a friendly moon. One encounters a dolphin, another meets up with a seal, and so on. A storm blows up on their trip across the ocean, spills them out, and they drift in different directions. Ten rubber ducks are packed in a box and tied to a boat.

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