[bookshare-discuss] Re: Make Way For Ducklings
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:42:37 -0800 (PST)
Since I spent the early years of my childhood in
Boston and many times went to the Boston Public
Garden and rode on the swan boats (for those of you
who don't know, they were the kind one pedalled, i.e.,
one's parents did -- smile --and had a wide bench so a
family could sit together), this was one of the first
books I ever had -- probably when it was first
published (smile). The picture of mother duckling
leading her little ducks in a row toward water remains
in my mind to this day. (smile).
Cindy
--- "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Make Way for Ducklings
> By Robert Macloski SP?
>
> This is another caldecott medal, am slowly chipping
> away at the list.
> Should be an easy validation, needing just a spell
> check. 74 pages under the
> .rtf section of the website.
>
>
> Just any old place won't do for raising a family of
> ducklings. Mr. Mallard
> thought the pond in the Boston Public Garden would
> be just right, especially
> with the swan boats bringing all those people, and
> all those peanuts. But
> Mrs. Mallard knew right away that the park was not a
> safe place for babies.
> A quiet island in the Charles River, however, proved
> just right for bringing
> up a new family-eight fluffy ducklings in all. And
> after her brood had
> learned to swim and dive, to walk in a line, and to
> come when called, Mrs.
> Mallard knew the time was right. They would all
> return to the Public Garden.
> But though the ducklings were old enough to look out
> for themselves, they
> couldn't fly. How to move them across the highway,
> down busy streets and
> intersections? Mrs. Mallard didn't make a fuss. She
> just set off at a proud
> waddle and the ducklings filed along behind her. The
> people of Boston would
> just have to make way!
>
> This brilliantly illustrated, amusingly observed
> tale of Mallards on the
> move has won the hearts of generations of readers.
> Awarded the Caldecott
> Medal as "the most distinguished American picture
> book for children" in
> 1941, it has since become a favorite of millions,
> children and adults alike,
> as "one of the merriest picture-books ever... told
> in very few words with a
> gravity that underscores the delightful comedy of
> the pictures."
>
> -The New York Times
>
>
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden
> juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> Graduate Advisory Council
> www.guidedogs.com
>
> The vision must be followed by the venture. It is
> not enough to
> stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
>
> -- Vance Havner
>
>
>
>
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