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Ducky's Nest
Ducky is Claudie’s special toy. All day she carries him around and at night he sleeps in a nest in her arms. When Ducky is accidentally left in the park, Claudie learns growing up can sometimes mean having to let go of the things you love the most.
40 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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Gillian Rubinstein
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Also works under the pen name Lian Hearn
Also works under the pen name Lian Hearn
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June 12, 2024
Cute little story book that I read at TAFE today.
Basically what I got from the story is no matter if your different you will always have a home and people to guide you if you get lost.
Basically what I got from the story is no matter if your different you will always have a home and people to guide you if you get lost.
July 16, 2009
Fantastic for a number of reasons:
Favourite toys make for excellent characters in childrens books.
I love the interaction between Ducky, the toy duck, and the real water fowl.
I love that the book respects the intelligence of the kids and includes a variety of different water fowl, all of which could easily be found the in a park pond in Australia (which is almost certainly the Ornamental Lake at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne)
Which leads me to - I love finding recognisable landmarks in picture books. Later we can visit with X-man and say Ducky visited here (or Alexander fell down a hole here). Not only is the Botanic Gardens recognisable, the 'museum' is almost certainly based on the Royal Exhibition Building.
Finally I like a story about introducing a new baby which is primarily about the older sibling - rather than focussing on the new baby!
Favourite toys make for excellent characters in childrens books.
I love the interaction between Ducky, the toy duck, and the real water fowl.
I love that the book respects the intelligence of the kids and includes a variety of different water fowl, all of which could easily be found the in a park pond in Australia (which is almost certainly the Ornamental Lake at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne)
Which leads me to - I love finding recognisable landmarks in picture books. Later we can visit with X-man and say Ducky visited here (or Alexander fell down a hole here). Not only is the Botanic Gardens recognisable, the 'museum' is almost certainly based on the Royal Exhibition Building.
Finally I like a story about introducing a new baby which is primarily about the older sibling - rather than focussing on the new baby!
February 15, 2016
I thought this book was very well written. I thought the use of real species of ducks throughout the book was lovely because it got me thinking about the fact that I don't know many different species and that I should! I'm not really sure how it ties in with a new baby in the family so much but still, it was a lovely little journey that a lost special toy takes.
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