A Paddling of Ducks: Animals in Groups from A to Z - Hardcover

Parker, Marjorie Blain

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 155337682X ISBN 13: 9781553376828

Publisher: Kids Can Press, 2010

Synopsis

Featuring groups of animals from an army of ants to a herd of zebras, this book takes young children on a wildly imaginative tour through a zany animal kingdom. Each group of animals is described using a collective noun (for example, a skulk of foxes, a nest of vipers, a labor of moles). Joseph Kelly's richly detailed illustrations show animals engaged in gently surreal play on a summer day in various park-like settings. Young readers will revel in the visual jokes and puns on every page.

About this title

About the Author:

Marjorie Blain Parker is the author of Jasper's Dayand A Paddling of Ducks. Over the years, she and her family have shared their home with a banana king snake, a hamster, numerous fish and two ducks.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 2—In this simple ABC book, each letter is represented by a group of animals and the collective noun associated with them. For example, A is for "an army of ants" has an illustration of many ants eating an aardvark's doughnut. The illustrations of the various creatures are vivid and detailed. The crocodiles sport sun bonnets and sunglasses, the "skulk of foxes" wears T-shirts and jewelry, the band of gorillas wears costumes and plays various instruments, and the troop of uakaris feasts on popsicles. Attractive, but additional.—Katie Cerasale-Messina, AC Whelan Elementary School, Revere, MA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 155337682X
• ISBN 13: 9781553376828
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Kelly Joseph