The pictures in this book are captivating and filled with colors. The different shading and usage of colors makes it stand out even more. This story is about a duck that is always doing something new, something different to entertain his peers. It's an excited story for young children because it'll keep them flipping the pages just to see what this silly duck will be doing next. Sadly, not everyone was amused by this ducks sillyness so they farm animals all asked him to settle down and as he did they all found themselves living a dull life and decided to apologize and ask the duck to return to his normal ways. The moral to this can be many things such as, learning to accept those who are different than you or not knowing what you have until you lost it. Very cute story about a fun loving duck whose silly antics are not particularly appreciated by her peers until she agrees to refrain, at which point life on the farm quickly grows much duller as result. I wouldn't have thought that "sometimes you don't know what you've got till it's gone" was a message of much use to a toddler. Seems like you should have a bit more mileage on you before this invaluable lesson applies. Nevertheless, this book proved to be an instant winner with my 3-year old daughter. She became so upset when informed that it had been returned to the library that we immediately took it out again.
Great book about kids allowing others to be themselves.
—Pshah
Fun, quick, rhyming read-aloud for K-1s
—Bobisglad567
One of our favorite books!
—odalyscl
