Five Little Ducks
Paparone, Pamela. Five Little Ducks. New York: North-South Books, 1995.
You’ve probably heard and sung the rhyme, “Five little ducks went out one day, over the hills and far away . . .” Pamela Paparone added adorable illustrations and created a winner of a children’s book. The pictures themselves tell a story of mother duck working from sunup to sundown in and around the cozy little house. She does yardwork at the flush of dawn, hangs out laundry, irons, indulges a painting hobby outdoors, picks apples and makes a giant apple pie in a homey kitchen I could envy, and at the end serves pie and milk to her prodigal children while stars and a crescent moon hang outside the window. Other small touches will fuel conversation between you and your child: on the title pages, the little ducks romp with their bat and ball, wagon, ride-on toy and swing. Almost every page features a quiet wild animal in the foreground. For crisp, colorful pictures packed with detail, Five Little Ducks gets an A.
You’ve probably heard and sung the rhyme, “Five little ducks went out one day, over the hills and far away . . .” Pamela Paparone added adorable illustrations and created a winner of a children’s book. The pictures themselves tell a story of mother duck working from sunup to sundown in and around the cozy little house. She does yardwork at the flush of dawn, hangs out laundry, irons, indulges a painting hobby outdoors, picks apples and makes a giant apple pie in a homey kitchen I could envy, and at the end serves pie and milk to her prodigal children while stars and a crescent moon hang outside the window. Other small touches will fuel conversation between you and your child: on the title pages, the little ducks romp with their bat and ball, wagon, ride-on toy and swing. Almost every page features a quiet wild animal in the foreground. For crisp, colorful pictures packed with detail, Five Little Ducks gets an A.
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2 Comments:
Wow! Great site! I have some children's books that I saved from my when my daughter was small. I got rid of a lot of books, but some with beautiful illustrations, I kept. I love the illustrations from early 20th century children's books - like early Disney animation, many are breathtaking. I also LOVE the original Beatrix Potter books and the illustrations she did.
My favorite books for my daughter (she is now 23) were the older ones from earlier in the 20th century, or reprints of same. I got rid of so many books when she got older, but I kept (to give to her for her children some day) "A Child's Garden of Delights" and a few others that reflect an earlier era.
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