Belle-Duck at the Peabody - Hardcover

Wells, Dean Faulkner

9780916242244: Belle-Duck at the Peabody

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0916242242 ISBN 13: 9780916242244

Publisher: Yoknapatawpha Pr, 1984

Belle, the baby duckling, and Willie, her brother, were barely hatched when they were captured by hunters. Soon they found themselves in a huge city, in a huge building with a marble pond where they swim every day to the delight of visitors. Dean Faulkner Wells tells a delightful story to explain how the ducks first came to the fountain of The Peabody Hotel in Memphis. Belle is happy in her new home, but Willie, the renegade (named for renowned Mississippi author, Willie Morris) longs to return to the freedom of the skies....Renee Boyles’ illustrations of the ducks in the wild and in the Peabody lobby add to the pleasure any child will find in this book.

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From the Inside Flap:

Crafted with love and gentle humor, Belle-Duck at The Peabody may be a children's classic destined to be enjoyed by generations of children. Wells’ tale of a family of ducks in the fountain of The Peabody Hotel in Memphis is based on a true story. In 1930, two hunters dropped some ducks into the fountain as a prank. A hotel employee helped them adjust to life at the top, and they became local stars. Tender comical drawings by prize-winning artist Renee Boyles partner with the text. Memorable ones include a fierce dog discovering the ducklings and a pocketed, peeking Belle.

About the Author:

Dean Faulkner Wells' stories and essays have appeared in Parade, Ladies Home Journal, The Paris Review, and The Southern Review. Her children's book, The Ghosts of Rowan Oak: William Faulkner's Ghost Stories for Children was published in 1980. She co-edited the essay collection, Mississippi Heroes, and edited The Great American Writers' Cookbook in 1981. Every Day by the Sun,, Wells' memoir about growing up as the niece and ward of Nobel laureate William Faulkner, was published in 2011 four months before she died.

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