Duck! Rabbit!

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Duck! Rabbit!
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Author Amy Krouse Rosenthal
IllustratorTom Lichtenheld
Cover artistTom Lichtenheld
CountryUnited States of America
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's picture book
Published2009 (Chronicle Books)
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages32 (unpaginated)
ISBN 978-0-8118-6865-5
OCLC 756493381

Duck! Rabbit! is a 2009 children's picture book written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld. Published by Chronicle Books, it follows two narrators as they debate whether an illustration is a picture of a duck or a rabbit.

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Reception

In a New York Times article discussing some of Rosenthal's books Bruce Handy wrote "As for the wonderful “Duck! Rabbit!” it is the funniest children’s book ever based on a 19th-century-style optical illusion (or more properly, the Internet tells me, “ambiguous figure”).". [1] BookPage wrote "The text is easy and accessible for the earliest reader, but the ideas are intellectually satisfying for the adults who want to join the fun." [2]

Duck! Rabbit! has also been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews , [3] Publishers Weekly , [4] Common Sense Media, [5] Booklist , [6] School Library Journal , [7] The Horn Book Magazine , [8] and Library Media Connection [9]

Awards and nominations

It is a Junior Library Guild selection, [10] a 2010 American Library Association Notable Children's Book, [11] the 2012 Grand Canyon Reader Award Picture Book winner, [12] 2011 Beehive Awards Picture Book winner, [13] Runner-up for the 2012 Monarch Award, [14] one of the 2010 Baker’s Dozen (13 best books for Family Literacy), [15] and appears on the 2010 Texas 2x2 Reading List, [16]

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  4. "Duck! Rabbit! (star review)". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. March 23, 2009. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
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