At long last, my new picture book—Duckworth, the Difficult Child—hits the shelves today. With spectacular illustrations created by Júlia Sardà, I think both kids and parents will love this story.

Special thanks to Emma Ledbetter, my extraordinary editor, and to Stephanie Fretwell-Hill, my excellent agent. I’d also like to thank Harold Underdown and Karl Monger, who were invaluable as early editors of the manuscript.

From the Booklist
review:

“What first appears to
be a Goreyesque cautionary tale for troublesome children comically turns the
tables to target inept parents instead. … Sardà plays up the story’s
situational humor in her detailed, vintage-toned watercolors, ensuring that
kids get the joke that the parents are the difficult ones, not Duckworth. A
lightly macabre, utterly amusing read.”





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