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Duck at the Door
Jackie Urbanovic (2007), 32 pages
Illustrated by Jackie Urbanovic
Audience: Preschool - 2nd Grade
Max the duck doesn't follow his flock. He stays behind for the winter because he thought he might like it. He didn't know the weather was so cold. Half frozen, he knocks at a stranger's door and is welcomed in. Max learns to do many things like use a remote for the TV, but eventually he becomes a big pest to the other animals. Surprisingly, when he leaves for the summer everyone misses him. Will he come back next winter?
Awards nominated: Monarch Award Nominee 2012
Reviewed by: rn
Date read: 4/28/2011
ISBN-10: 0061214388
ISBN-13: 9780061214387
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Duck Rabbit
Amy Krouse Rosenthal (2009), 32 pages
Illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld
Audience: Preschool - 2nd Grade
Is that picture on the cover a duck or a rabbit? Is it quacking or just sniffing? Join the debate inside the book as two characters observe the animal and try to prove their idea is correct. Which do you think it is? Leave a comment with your vote.
Awards nominated: Monarch Award Nominee 2012
Reviewed by: mec
Date read: 6/1/2011
ISBN-13: 9780811868655
It's the end of the 21st century where technocrats rule and robots take care of humans' every need. Gavin Bell and his teenage sister Fleur come from a middle-class family. Their much-loved, old-fashioned robot, Grumps, is running down and can't be repaired, so a scientist friend loans them EGR3, an experimental new robot to help Grumps. EGR3, known as Eager, learns from his experiences, as a child would. He feels emotions: wonder, excitement, and loss. When the ultra high-tech, eerily human BDC4 robots begin to behave suspiciously, Eager and the Bells are drawn into a great adventure that is sometimes dark and often humorous. If you like this, read Eager's Nephew.
Reviewed by: caroll
Date read: 7/11/2009
ISBN-10: 0385909039
ISBN-13: 9780385909037
In Zimbabwe in 2194, General Matsika's three children are kidnapped and their mother hires the best detective team available, mutant partners with special powers known as 'The Ear, the Eye and the Arm.'
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 3/27/2009
ISBN-10: 0531086798
ISBN-13: 9780531086797
The story traces 14-year-old Daniel West's growth as he resolves his political conflicts in the pre-revolutionary Salem of 1775, a center of high feeling between the British and colonists.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/13/2009
ISBN-10: 0140322590
ISBN-13: 9780140322590
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