Puddleduck

by Nancy Hundal, Stephen Taylor (Illustrator)

Puddleduck is a superb picture book, one with that rare combination: perfectly matched text and illustrations. Both are masterful and rich; each enhances the other ... This picture book is not to be missed. -- Quill & Quire (starred review)Another beautifully memorable picture book from the author of I Heard My Mother Call My Name, Puddleduck is the story of a little girl who loses her beloved stuffed duck -- a toy as real to her as the live white duck in the pond she can see from her window. Each illustration is as soft and warm as a down-filled comforter: as inviting as a cuddly child, a cozy lap and a classic bedtime story.

Genres: Picture Books

Hardcover

First published January 28, 1998

About the author

Nancy is the author of ten picture books and two novels, one middle grade and one YA. Her focus as a writer is on using evocative language to create a powerful atmosphere in each book. Her style of writing has been referred to as poetic prose, and her books are often used in the classroom as pattern books for student writers.

She lives in Vancouver, where she divides her time between her family and friends, and her other family and friends, writing and reading. She is a retired teacher-librarian

-Information courtesy of Children's Writers and Illustratrs of British Columbia website, http://www.cwill.bc.ca/