 Cover of 5 Little Ducks | |
| Author | Denise Fleming |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Denise Fleming |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's picture book Nursery rhyme Fiction |
| Published | 2016 (Beach Lane Books) |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 40 (unpaginated) |
| ISBN | 9781481424226 |
| OCLC | 897632447 |
5 Little Ducks is a 2016 children's picture book by Caldecott Honor recipient Denise Fleming based on the nursery rhyme of the same name.
Over the course of a week, the ducks go off on a daily adventure with one less returning home each day. On Saturday, they respond to Papa Duck's call, so they can have a day of rest on Sunday, as decided by Mama Duck.
A review in The Horn Book Magazine of 5 Little Ducks wrote, "Here’s a journey worth taking, filled with the wonder and grandeur of the natural world alongside practical information such as counting and days of the week." [1] Kirkus Reviews in a star review commended Fleming's illustrations and her rewording of the story. [2]
5 Little Ducks has also been reviewed by Booklist , [3] School Library Journal , [3] Publishers Weekly , [4] The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books , [5] The Wall Street Journal, [6] and the Oneota Reading Journal. [7]
It also appears on picture book reading lists. [8] [9]
It was recognized by the Cooperative Children's Book Council (CCBC). [10]
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Here Comes Mother Goose is a children's picture book by Iona Opie. It is a collection of 56 Mother Goose nursery rhymes, chosen by Opie and is the second such collaboration between her and illustrator Rosemary Wells.
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Flossie & the Fox is a 1986 picture book by Patricia C. McKissack about a girl, Flossie, who takes some eggs to a neighbor, meets a fox on the way and manages to outwit it. In 1991, a film adaptation of the book was made with the author narrating.
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Ducks Away! is a 2016 children's picture book written by Mem Fox and illustrated by Judy Horacek. Published by Scholastic Inc., It is about a mother duck and her five ducklings attempting to cross a bridge, one by one, and fall off the bridge into the river below. The duck becomes more and more agitated until she, with the last of her ducklings dropping into the water and their encouragement, decides to follow them.
I'm a Hungry Dinosaur is a 2015 children's picture book written by Janeen Brian and illustrated by Ann James. It is about a small dinosaur that makes a mess baking and eating a cake.
Truck Full of Ducks is a 2018 children's picture book written and illustrated by Ross Burach about a duck delivery service.
Good Night, Sleep Tight is a 2012 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Judy Horacek. It is about Skinny Doug, a babysitter, who uses some nursery rhymes to help his charges, Bonnie and Ben, to sleep.
Bonnie and Ben Rhyme Again is a 2018 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Judy Horacek. In this book, a sequel to Good Night, Sleep Tight, two children, Bonnie and Ben, recite some nursery rhymes to their friend, Skinny Doug, while going for a walk.
This & That is a 2015 children's picture book by Mem Fox and illustrated by Judy Horacek. It is about a mouse telling bedtime stories to a pup.
Lulu Gets a Cat is a 2017 children's picture book by Anna McQuinn and illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw. It is about a little girl called Lulu who wants a cat, shows her initially reluctant mother that she is ready by reading about cats at the library and treating her toy cat Dinah as if it is real, and then adopts a cat who she calls Makeda.
Mama Cat Has Three Kittens is a 1998 children's picture book, written and illustrated by Denise Fleming. It is about a mother cat and her three kittens: Fluffy and Skinny who are well behaved, and imitate their mother, and Boris, who naps until the other three rest when he becomes boisterous.
As always, Fleming's artwork, created by pulp painting with pastel pencil accents, is lively and appealing. Her clever tweaks to the familiar text allow her to showcase a variety of natural environments.
Fleming (Maggie and Michael Get Dressed) infuses a well-loved nursery song with the vivid hues of her signature pulp-painting illustrations in this joyful interpretation.
The book cleverly incorporates several concepts along the way—numbers from 1–5, days of the week, and animal ID—without pulling focus from the lively duck story.
Lush pulp-paper illustrations give vibrancy to an old nursery song in Denise Fleming's "Five Little Ducks". Textural tweaks, meanwhile, add sly modernity.
The illustrations, created by pulp painting, ... dominate this adaptation of a beloved traditional rhyming tale
