Baby Duck and the Bad Eyeglasses - Hardcover

Hest, Amy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1564026809 ISBN 13: 9781564026804

Publisher: Candlewick, 1996

Synopsis

Baby Duck gets her first pair of eyeglasses and hates the way they make her look, until her grandpa shows up with a great surprise and soon changes Baby Duck's opinion about her new appearance.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2?Baby Duck returns with yet another challenge for her family?contriving her acceptance of a pair of unwanted eyeglasses. Mr. and Mrs. Duck try to flatter, encourage, and distract their child to no avail. Baby Duck won't hop or dance for fear of losing her spectacles (which do look rather precarious perched on her bill). But when Grandpa points out the similarity between his glasses and hers, Baby Duck resumes her splashing and twirling fun. Best of all, a brand new "Baby"-sized rowboat awaits and now she can read her name on it, too! This common childhood crisis is captured in the large and charming pencil-and-watercolor illustrations that fill every spread. The duck family is endearing and the soft colors of the background provide an effective contrast to the red-framed glasses. While the straightforward text is set in large type and simple enough for beginning readers to tackle on their own, the generous size of the book lends itself to group sharing as well. Fans of In the Rain with Baby Duck (Candlewick, 1995) will welcome her new trial and triumph and should be delighted to spot the boots and umbrella from her previous adventure.?Carol Ann Wilson, Westfield Memorial Library, NJ
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist:

Ages 3^-6. Hest and Barton combine their considerable talents in a delightful story that shows the love between a grandfather and grandchild--and the virtues of looking on the bright side. Baby Duck is not pleased with her new red glasses. She doesn't want to jump or play because they might fall off, and, worse, she doesn't even think she looks like herself. Her parents insist that the glasses suit her just fine, but it's not until Grandpa comes along and holds a real dialogue with her about the glasses that she comes to appreciate them. Every page is rooted in truth, from the parents' wish for Baby to just get over it and like the glasses to the little duckling's feelings that glasses somehow make her different. It takes a perceptive grandfather, who reminds her that he, too, wears red glasses, to show that glasses change nothing except how much better you see. Both the format and the colored pencil-and-watercolor art are oversize, perfect for storytelling, even to large groups. But it's the ducks themselves that will win children's (and adults') hearts. Barton provides ducks so full of personality that you want to give them a hug--and so true to the human condition that children will recognize themselves. Ilene Cooper

About this edition

• Publisher: Candlewick
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1564026809
• ISBN 13: 9781564026804
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Barton Jill