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Make Way For Ducklings
This classic tale of the famous Mallard ducks of Boston is available for the first time in a full-sized paperback edition. Awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1941, Make Way for Ducklings has been described as "one of the merriest picture books ever" (The New York Times). Ideal for reading aloud, this book deserves a place of honor on every child's bookshelf.
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by Puffin Books
(first published 1941)
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This is probably one of my all time favorites. I live near Boston and am very familiar with the Public Garden. They have installed "Make Way for Duckling" sculptures there which any visitor to Boston might enjoy seeing.
Jul 08, 2011
Kate
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4 of 5 stars
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This is a classic children's book about two ducks looking for a place to raise their family. I know it's silly, and probably not what the children reading this book are thinking about, but my favorite part is in the beginning when the mother and father duck are trying to find a suitable place to have their baby ducks. The mother is so picky, but it shows how much she cares about these little duckies. Of course, the part that most appeals to little children is probably the part towards the end, w...more
Title:
Make Way for Ducklings
Author:
Robert McCloskey
Publisher and Year:
Viking Press, 1941
Genre: fiction
Ages: 3-8
Synopsis: This book is about Mr. and Mrs. Mallard, who are looking for a place to live and raise their ducklings, but everywhere is too dangerous. Finally, they find an island in the middle of a pond in the Public Square in Boston. However, because of bikes, they move to another island on the river. The ducklings are born, and Mr. Mallard goes away for a week to see what the rest of th...more
Make Way for Ducklings
Author:
Robert McCloskey
Publisher and Year:
Viking Press, 1941
Genre: fiction
Ages: 3-8
Synopsis: This book is about Mr. and Mrs. Mallard, who are looking for a place to live and raise their ducklings, but everywhere is too dangerous. Finally, they find an island in the middle of a pond in the Public Square in Boston. However, because of bikes, they move to another island on the river. The ducklings are born, and Mr. Mallard goes away for a week to see what the rest of th...more
Summary: A pair of ducks are looking for a home to make a nest and lay their eggs. Finally the couple finds a nice place to nest, and they lay eggs and raise their babies there. One day, father duck leaves the nest to scout out the river and see what else it has to offer. Father finds the perfect spot, in a park. On moving day, the ducklings, whose names all rhyme, follow their mother across a few very busy city streets. Policemen stop traffic to let them cross, so they arrive to meet father duc...more
Jan 31, 2013
Chelsea
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5 of 5 stars
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“Make way for Ducklings” by Robert McCloskeym is a Caldecott Medal children’s picture storybook. This adorable picture book is about two ducks- Mr. and Mrs. Mallard- looking for a place to raise their ducklings. As they look for places they come across a Public Garden in Boston- they find it to be the perfect place to raise their ducklings for they even get fed peanuts by people in a swan boat! However, as Mrs. Mallard almost gets run over by a boy on a bicycle they look elsewhere. They fly acro...more
Make Way for Ducklings begins with Mr. and Mrs. Mallard fly over the town looking for different areas to lay their eggs and have a home. They find an area in the public garden, but could only stay a night because this was not the right area for their ducklings. Finally, they found a spot along the river where they had their ducklings. Mrs. Mallard had eight ducklings. After the eggs were hatched, Mr. Mallard went on a trip for a week and told Mrs. Mallard to meet her in the public garden. He adv...more
Genre: Traditional Literature
Summary:
This is a classic children’s book that had won the Caldecott Medal in 1941. The story is about two Mallards that are looking for the perfect place to have their ducklings. They are concerned about their future ducklings’ safety and purposely choose a spot near Charles River. The mother Mallard lays her eggs and the ducklings hatch. After all the ducklings have hatched, she carefully takes her babies on a journey to the Public Garden. She was able to keep eac...more
Summary:
This is a classic children’s book that had won the Caldecott Medal in 1941. The story is about two Mallards that are looking for the perfect place to have their ducklings. They are concerned about their future ducklings’ safety and purposely choose a spot near Charles River. The mother Mallard lays her eggs and the ducklings hatch. After all the ducklings have hatched, she carefully takes her babies on a journey to the Public Garden. She was able to keep eac...more
Mr. and Mrs. Mallard fly everywhere to find the perfect place to live and raise a family. When they finally think they have found a place, Mrs. Mallard almost gets run over by a bike! So they travel just a little bit further, to an island in the Charles River. They decided his was the perfect place to have ducklings. After the eggs hatch, and Mrs. Mallard teaches the ducklings everything they need to know, she makes her way back across the busy streets of Boston to meet Mr. Mallard in the Public...more
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey, is a wonderful children's book, about a family of ducks. Mr. and Mrs. Mallard needed to find a place to raise a family and they would search until Mrs. Mallard was satisfied. They had to make sure they raised their ducklings in a safe environment! When they came upon a cute pond they decided to stay, but it was still too dangerous to raise ducklings! So they flew around the town searching for the perfect spot to nest. Mr. and Mrs. Mallard finally found...more
Make Way for Ducklings
By: Robert McCloskey
Genre: Traditional Literature
Mr. and Mrs. Mallard are searching for the appropriate home to lay their eggs, hatch and raise their ducklings. After finding a quaint little place, the Mallards await the arrival of their 8 little ducklings: Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack and Quack. Mrs. Mallard accepts the responsibility of raising the ducklings while Mr. Mallard takes off to find a more permanent home. Read the rest of the story to see the adve...more
By: Robert McCloskey
Genre: Traditional Literature
Mr. and Mrs. Mallard are searching for the appropriate home to lay their eggs, hatch and raise their ducklings. After finding a quaint little place, the Mallards await the arrival of their 8 little ducklings: Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack and Quack. Mrs. Mallard accepts the responsibility of raising the ducklings while Mr. Mallard takes off to find a more permanent home. Read the rest of the story to see the adve...more
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Make Way for Ducklings, a well-loved, classic children’s picture book, is like taking a walk back in time. Robert McCloskey’s heartwarming portrayal of two ducks searching for the perfect place to raise their family of ducklings is charming and memorable. The illustrations capture a simpler time where policeman would take a moment to help a mother mallard and her ducklings cross the road. The Caldecott award winner was fist published in 1941. The soft cream colored pages with the brown text and...more
When I first saw this book in the library I became immediately emotionally attached to it. My Great-Grandmother had this book at her house, and when I was very young I used to look at the pictures, but I never read the words. This book is strikingly simple in appearance, which makes it seem antique and elegant. The dark green cover contrasts well with the image of the brown and cream colored ducks. Inside, the same principle was applied to the illustrations. The pictures inside are all drawn wit...more
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Feb 04, 2011
Q_Barb
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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rll520-picture-books
This early Caldecott winner is a charmer. The illustration by McClosky with just shading of a brown pencil, shifting of the size of the characters and their surroundings is almost lyrical as he tells the story of the Mallards, parents of newly hatched ducklings, and their search for the perfect place in Boston to raise their brood.
It is a story of kindness, friendship, having a goal and persevering to meet that goal. It is fun to read and look at multiple times as I am sure young children wou...more
It is a story of kindness, friendship, having a goal and persevering to meet that goal. It is fun to read and look at multiple times as I am sure young children wou...more
Here is an example of the kind of synergy that can result when the text and illustrations of a good picture book come together to tell a story in perfectly delegated harmony.
Make Way for Ducklings is a real classic, and it's not hard to see why it has charmed readers for so long. Mr. and Mrs. Mallard are small creatures, in many ways defenseless when it comes to the world at large, but they are intelligent and resourceful and want to find a suitable location to raise their new family, one that...more
Make Way for Ducklings is a real classic, and it's not hard to see why it has charmed readers for so long. Mr. and Mrs. Mallard are small creatures, in many ways defenseless when it comes to the world at large, but they are intelligent and resourceful and want to find a suitable location to raise their new family, one that...more
Make Way for Ducklings may indeed be my favorite book from childhood. It is also beautifully illustrated. It will keep your children captivated from the beginning to the end.
It is a wonderful tale about a mother and father duck who look for a home in which to raise their ducklings. Eventually they find that home in the Boston Public Gardens. There is a wonderful scene where they are about to cross a busy Boston street and a friendly policeman holds up traffic until they reach safety.
It is a wond...more
It is a wonderful tale about a mother and father duck who look for a home in which to raise their ducklings. Eventually they find that home in the Boston Public Gardens. There is a wonderful scene where they are about to cross a busy Boston street and a friendly policeman holds up traffic until they reach safety.
It is a wond...more
Sep 23, 2009
Becky
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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format-classic-picture-book,
ci-546,
preschool,
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wide-reading,
primary,
topic-family
I love the story this book tells, but even more I love the story the illustrations tell. The pictures illustrate what the text says, but adds many little details. I liked that in each picture of the ducklings after they were hatched they were all doing something different. One was always looking down, one was right there with his mother, one was always a little behind just trying to catch up, and one was always looking up usually searching for a fly. The detail of these simple pictures are amazi...more
Jul 19, 2009
Lv2readB
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
picture-books,
primary
Closkey, R. (1941). Make way for ducklings. New York: Scholastic.
(renewed in 1969 and 2001)
Summary:
Mr. and Mrs. Mallard lived on an island in the middle of a Boston Charles River, close to the Public Garden (where they later lived . Although Boston was dangerous (getting run over by bikes, speeding cars, etc…), the ducks decided to hatch 8 ducklings there. They befriended Michael, the policeman, who helped Mrs. Mallard when Mr. Mallard had to take a trip up the river. When Mrs. Mallard and her d...more
(renewed in 1969 and 2001)
Summary:
Mr. and Mrs. Mallard lived on an island in the middle of a Boston Charles River, close to the Public Garden (where they later lived . Although Boston was dangerous (getting run over by bikes, speeding cars, etc…), the ducks decided to hatch 8 ducklings there. They befriended Michael, the policeman, who helped Mrs. Mallard when Mr. Mallard had to take a trip up the river. When Mrs. Mallard and her d...more
Originally published in 1941, this classic tale of a duck family finding a home has warm memories for me. Mr. and Mrs. Mallard think the Boston Public Gardens may be just the place to raise a family, until rude boys on bicycles almost run them over. After finally settling on a cozy island on the Charles river, the ducks befriend a policeman named Michael and hatch their brood of 8 ducklings. Mr. Mallard leaves his little family to explore the river and Mrs. Mallard teaches the ducklings to swim,...more
When I bought an animal alphabet book by Richard Scarry this week, Bep told me that as late as the 1980s it was forbidden for animals in Dutch children's picture books to wear clothes. I had no idea. I was reading Donald Duck at the time and thought he was subversive for not wearing pants, but apparently he was subversive for wearing a shirt! I still don't understand this no clothes rule. What's so wrong about anthropomorphing (?) animals? One of the finest moments of Dutch literature is a medie...more
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This was my favorite book as a child.
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Make Way for Ducklings is for students in preschool through third grade and has won the Caldecott Medal (1942). I read this book on CD. This book is about duck parents who want to find a safe place to bring up their ducklings, which is not easy. They finally find that the Boston’s public garden may be the perfect spot because it has no creatures which are harmful to them, plenty of peanuts, and even police. Mother duck’s love and protection of her loved ones are definitely shown throughout the b...more
This picture book was about husband and wife ducks who are searching for a place to lay their eggs. They go to different places until they find the perfect stop to lay them in a park. They liked this place because a policeman would feed them peanuts and it was safe for the ducklings. The husband duck, Mr. Mallard, then takes a trip to the public park while Mrs. Mallard takes care of the ducklings and raises them. When are old enough to swim and walk the mother duck and the ducklings travel to th...more
McCloskey's well loved Make Way for Ducklings exemplifies quality literature because it successfully enlightens and entertains the reader. This story would best be shared through a read aloud. A teacher would be able to increase the children's understanding and enjoyment of the story by scaffolding her students' experiences feeding ducks in a park or following their mother's instruction. By personifying the mallards and ducklings as parents and children, the reader is better able to relate to th...more
My favorite Robert McCloskey book. I loved this book when I was a young reader and still love it today. It is on my sons' bookshelf and though not a favorite of his, when my turn to pick a book to read to him, I like to pick this one. I like the Mallards looking for the perfect home and the way the ducks are comfortable married couple and later parents to their 8 ducklings. I like the part in the beginning of the father mallard talking to the swan on the boat who is not alive and too busy to res...more
Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey is a Caldecott award-winning picture book. This book won the Caldecott award in 1942 and also went on to win the Indies Choice Award for Picture Book Hall of Fame in 2009. Make Way For Ducklings is a cute story about a mom and dad Mallard duck and their babies. They search for a perfect and safe place to have their baby ducks. The illustrations in this book were beautifully thought out and executed on every page. I thought it was great that Robert McClo...more
I thought that this book was adorable! I liked that it was about ducks and their little family. I enjoyed reading about the duck couple choosing where they think is a suitable place to raise their new family. Another thing that I liked about this book was that the pictures in it seemed more like sketches than complete pictures but I thought that added a nice touch to it. Also, they were in brown and which is different from anything I've seen before! My favorite part of the book was when the nice...more
I enjoyed reading Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey. It was a very cute book. I very much liked the pictures. They looked like they were done with pencil. The pictures looked simple but had so much detail. I like the story too. It reminded me of a duck family that lives in my neighborhood. They have lived here for years and always have cute ducklings. I thought of them when I was reading this book. I like the idea that the policeman helped the ducklings and the mama duck to get to the p...more
Apr 01, 2012
Souaad Asar
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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children-s-literature
MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLINGS by McCloskey, Robert; the book is totally high-quality for any age. It is about Mr. and Mrs. Mallard found a quiet place to raise their babies then took them to the pond in the Boston Public Garden where there were peanuts to eat. I grow up in a little farm so this story is so familiar to me. I really enjoyed reading it with daughter and explaining to all of my children lots of related things about farms and how life in farm looks like. My children have never been a farm o...more
The book is very large and the illustrations take up most of the space on the pages because the text is small and minimal on the page. This book won its award in 1942 so right away I could tell the difference between this book and the most recent Caldecott winner. The whole book seemed monochromatic because the pictures and text are the color brown. I looked up how the illustrations were made because they definitely look hand drawn but it didn't look like it was made with an ink pen. I found the...more
This was a pretty cute book. Two ducks are flying over Boston searching for a safe place to raise their family. I love that once the ducklings have hatch they follow their mother all through town. People watching and police officers stopping traffic so that the duck family can safely cross the street. The story and illustrations seem to take the reader back to a simpler time.
The illustrations of brown and white drawings are simple yet very beautiful. I think that the pictures really tell the bu...more
The illustrations of brown and white drawings are simple yet very beautiful. I think that the pictures really tell the bu...more
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