Little Chick
Written by Amy Hest
Illustrated by Anita Jeram
Format: Hardcover, 56 pages
On Sale: February 24, 2009
Price: $17.99
The creators of the New York Times bestselling KISS GOOD NIGHT offer a trio of gentle tales about a special intergenerational bond.Little Chick may be a good and patient gardener, as Old-Auntie observes, but what if you simply can’t wait for your carrot to grow tall? What if you skip like...
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Seymour and Henry
Written by Kim Lewis
Illustrated by Kim Lewis
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $15.99
Two adventurous ducklings get a little too carried away in a tale of a mother-and-ducky reunion that toddlers are sure to appreciate.Seymour and Henry love to play and can’t wait to jump in the pond. Plop! But when it’s time to go home, pit-a-pat, they run away, scampering farther and farther...
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Silly Suzy Goose
Written by Petr Horacek
Illustrated by Petr Horacek
Format: Board, 32 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2009
Price: $7.99
The art jumps off the pages, a fi tting verb for a clever, clever book, alive in every way.— Booklist (starred review)Silly Suzy Goose is just like all the other geese. But how she wishes she could hang upside-down like a bat or stretch like a giraffe. And how wonderful to...
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Duck & Goose, How Are You Feeling?
Written by Tad Hills
Illustrated by Tad Hills
Format: Board, 22 pages
On Sale: January 13, 2009
Price: $6.99
Preschoolers, rejoice! Duck and Goose are back in their third board book appearance. All the favorite characters, including Bluebird and Thistle, return—this time to help toddlers learn about their feelings. Following on the heels of the hugely successful
What’s Up, Duck? and
Duck & Goose 1,2,3, this charming board book uses...
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Farmer Duck: Candlewick Storybook Animations
Written by Martin Waddell
Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
Format: Package, 40 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $14.99
A hardworking duck is rescued from life with a lazy old farmer in this classic tale of justice from Martin Waddell and Helen Oxenbury.Farmer Duck isn't your average duck. This duck cooks and cleans, tends the fields, and cares for the other animals on the farm—all because the owner of the...
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Duck & Goose, 1, 2, 3
Written by Tad Hills
Illustrated by Tad Hills
Format: Board, 22 pages
On Sale: August 12, 2008
Price: $6.99
PRESCHOOLERS WILL CHEER the return of Duck and Goose in their second board book appearance! All the favorite characters, including Bluebird and Thistle, return—this time to introduce basic counting concepts.
One goose. Two ducks. Three friends. As the characters illustrate from numbers 1 to 10, children will love to follow along with...
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One Duck Stuck Big Book
A Mucky Ducky Counting Book
Written by Phyllis Root
Illustrated by Jane Chapman
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2008
Price: $24.99
"Perfect for reading aloud, this counting book has lots of sound effects that children will love to replicate. . . . Great fun." — BOOKLISTOne duck is stuck in the muck. Can two fish, tails going swish, help? What about three moose, munching on spruce? Will four crickets, chirping in the...
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Do Like a Duck Does!
Written by Judy Hindley
Illustrated by Ivan Bates
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $4.99
"Story hour alert! Here’s a book with a clever premise, a bouncy text, and sunny, funny pictures. . . . Supremely satisfying." — BOOKLIST (starred review)Mama Duck has a good hunch that the big brown creature waddling behind her babies is no duck! As the foxy impostor sneaks closer and closer...
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Duck, Duck, Goose
Written by Tad Hills
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $15.99
Duck & Goose, Goose & Duck. Feathered friends forever . . . or are they? That's what we discover in this charming and hilarious follow-up to the bestselling
Duck & Goose. You see, there's a challenge to their friendship: a little whippersnapper of a duck named Thistle. Thistle's good at
everything...
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The Perfect Nest
Written by Catherine Friend
Illustrated by John Manders
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: February 13, 2007
Price: $16.99
It’s the perfect read-aloud! A flustered cat is on the verge of crying fowl in a farmyard story that will crack kids up.Jack the cat is building the perfect nest. It’s bound to attract the perfect chicken, who will lay the perfect egg, which will make the perfect omelet. And sure...
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Duck and Goose
Written by Tad Hills
Illustrated by Tad Hills
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2006
Price: $14.95
“That egg is mine! I saw it first,” says Goose. “I touched it first. It’s mine,” declares Duck.
Like James Marshall’s George and Martha, and Rosemary Wells’s Benjamin and Tulip, Duck and Goose have to work at getting along. You see, Duck doesn’t much care for Goose at first–and Goose isn’t...
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This Little Chick
Written by John Lawrence
Illustrated by John Lawrence
Format: Board, 24 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2006
Price: $6.99
Who says a little chick can’t make big, loud animal noises?Most little chicks barely make a peep, but not this little chick! While his brothers and sisters nestle close to their mother hen, this little chick struts off on his own to make some new friends in the farmyard. And he...
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Duckie's Ducklings
A One-to-Ten Counting Book
Written by Frances Barry
Illustrated by Frances Barry
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2005
Price: $7.99
Turn each graduated page to help Duckie find her curiously missing ducklings in this beguiling follow-up to DUCKIE'S RAINBOW.
Duckie wants to go for a swim with her family, but where are her ten ducklings? She hunts patiently by the garden shed, around the apple tree, under the wheelbarrow, on the swing...
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Quack!
Written by Phyllis Root
Illustrated by Holly Meade
Format: Board, 16 pages
On Sale: February 3, 2005
Price: $6.99
When a rhythmic read-aloud master pairs up with a Caldecott Honorwinning artist to visit endearing species of baby animals, the result can only be instant toddler appeal. QUACK! Mama Duck announces the hatching of five peeping, waddling, flapping, nibbling, wobbling, wibbling baby ducklings. Splish, splosh, splash!
A lively, lilting text by...
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Guess Who, Baby Duck!
Written by Amy Hest
Illustrated by Jill Barton
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: February 23, 2004
Price: $15.99
Snuggle up with Baby Duck for a private photo viewing with Grampa in this adorable new episode perfect for preschoolers.It’s a rainy, rainy day, and Baby Duck has a little cold. But as always, Baby starts feeling better when Grampa comes to visit, especially when she sees the cheering-up present he’s...
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Webster J. Duck
Written by Martin Waddell
Illustrated by David Parkins
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: February 9, 2004
Price: $6.99
A search for love and reassurance—from master storyteller Martin Waddell.When little Webster J. Duck cracks open his egg, he’s all alone. "Where’s my mother?" Webster wonders, and sets off to find her. Though he meets some waggly, woolly, very friendly animals along the way, his mother is nowhere to be seen...
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One Duck Stuck
A Mucky Ducky Counting Book
Written by Phyllis Root
Illustrated by Jane Chapman
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2003
Price: $6.99
"Perfect for reading aloud, this counting book not only contains bright bold illustrations but also has lots of . . . sound effects that children will love to replicate."— BooklistDown by the marsh,
by the sleepy,
slimy marsh,
one duck
gets stuck in the muck . . .
Can two fish, tails going swish, help? What...
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Farmer Duck
Written by Martin Waddell
Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
Format: Board, 26 pages
On Sale: July 14, 2002
Price: $6.99
"By book’s end, young readers will flap for joy right along with the endearing web-footed heroes." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY (starred review)
Farmer Duck isn’t your average duck. This duck cooks and cleans, tends the fields, and cares for the other animals on the farm - all because the owner of the farm...
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Baby Duck and the Cozy Blanket
Written by Amy Hest
Illustrated by Jill Barton
Format: Hardcover, 14 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2002
Price: $10.99
Baby Duck faces blanket separation in this heartwarming, touch-and-feel tale for the youngest of readers.Poor Baby Duck! Her cozy blanket needs washing, and that means spending the day without it. In this familiar tale of blanket separation, Amy Hest and Jill Barton bring their lovable, grumpy duck to life in a...
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This Little Chick
Written by John Lawrence
Illustrated by John Lawrence
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: February 1, 2002
Price: $15.99
Who says a little chick can’t make big, loud animal noises?Most little chicks barely make a peep, but not this little chick! While his brothers and sisters nestle close to their mother hen, this little chick struts off on his own to make some new friends in the farmyard. And he...
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One Duck Stuck
Written by Phyllis Root
Illustrated by Jane Chapman
Format: Board, 32 pages
On Sale: March 1, 2001
Price: $6.99
Exuberant rhythms and vibrant illustrations in a one-of-a-kind counting book!Can two fish, tails going swish, help? Will three moose, munching on spruce, be able to pull the unlucky duck out of the muck? Now perfectly sized for small hands, this counting rhyme is a feast of sounds and numbers that will...
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Nine Ducks Nine Big Book
Written by Sarah Hayes
Illustrated by Sarah Hayes
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: August 1, 2000
Price: $24.99
Candlewick has selected NINE DUCKS NINE to be a BIG Book because it exemplifies the qualities — rhythmic texts, repetitive words, dynamic illustrations, and engaging story lines — that make large-format books so useful in helping children to read and learn.
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