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Awards and honors for Waddle, Waddle, Quack, Quack, Quack:
Best of the Best Books of the Year, Chicago Public Library

Waddle, Waddle, Quack, Quack, Quack

By Barbara Anne Skalak
Illustrated by Sylvia Long

9-1/2 x 7-1/2 in; 36 pp ; full color throughout, ages 4 and up
Hardcover
Published in January, 2005
ISBN 0811843424
ISBN13 9780811843423

$14.95  

Waddle, Waddle, Quack, Quack, Quack -- Award-winning artist Sylvia Long has teamed up with first-time children's book author Barbara Skalak to bring us a touching tale of one little duckling's first day in the world. From the moment our little duckling peeks out from the broken eggshell, he discovers the wonder of his Mama's love, brothers and sisters, the pond—but wait! Where's Mama? Our adorable little duckling finds himself all alone, and the search for his Mama begins. This exciting and delightful story will warm hearts of mothers and children everywhere.

Barbara Anne Skalak is a writer and freelance copyeditor in Oregon. This is her first book for children.

Sylvia Long is the illustrator of many books for children, including the best-selling Sylvia Long's Mother Goose and Hush Little Baby published by Chronicle Books. Ms. Long's detailed paintings are inspired by her love of animals and the outdoors. She lives in Arizona.

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A lushly illustrated account of the first days of five little ducklings. One gets lost and checks out the grass, a tree, a log and a hole, looking for mama. It is a simple nature walk, charmingly conveyed. -The New York Times Book Review