Quack!

When a master of the rhythmic read-aloud joins a Caldecott honor-winning artist to visit baby animals, the result is sure to have little listeners clamoring for more. With a lilting text and luminous collage illustrations, QUACK! shows Mama Duck heralding the hatching of five peeping, waddling, flapping, nibbling ducklings — splish, splosh, splash!

A lively, lilting text by Phyllis Root links with luminous collages by Holly Meade create a board book perfect for reading aloud to the preschool crowd.

When a master of the rhythmic read-aloud joins a Caldecott honor-winning artist to visit baby animals, the result is sure to have little listeners clamoring for more. With a lilting text and luminous collage illustrations, QUACK! shows Mama Duck heralding the hatching of five peeping, waddling, flapping, nibbling ducklings — splish, splosh, splash!

Publishers Weekly

Hop! and Quack! by Phyllis Root, illus. by Holly Meade, take a playful look at the behavior of energetic rabbits ("Bunny bouncers/ all play tag./ Bunnies zig,/ bunnies zag") and new hatchlings ("Baby ducklings/ in a heap/ tumble out/ peep peep peep!"). Winsome watercolors make the creatures come alive. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Phyllis Root has written many award-winning books for children, including TEN SLEEPY SHEEP, OLIVER FINDS HIS WAY, ONE DUCK STUCK, WHAT BABY WANTS, RATTLETRAP CAR, and BIG MOMMA MAKES THE WORLD, winner of the BOSTON GLOBE—HORN BOOK Award.

Holly Meade is the illustrator of many acclaimed books for children, including ON MORNING WINGS by Reeve Lindbergh.