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Chronicle Books
May 2009
On Sale: May 11, 2009
40 pages
ISBN: 0811868656
EAN: 9780811868655
Hardcover
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Childrens
How cute is this? Really, really cute. Some readers may
know the visual puzzle that makes the same line drawing
look like a rabbit or a duck, depending on how you squint;
this book is even funnier (and a little disorienting) if
you’re meeting Duck/Rabbit for the first time. But even
those familiar with how ears can turn into a beak will get
a kick out of the way Rosenthal and Lichtenheld move the
concept forward. The offstage narrators see something
interesting: “Hey, look! A duck!” “That’s not a duck.
That’s a rabbit!” Then the back and forth begins, with the
duck quacking while the rabbit is sniffing, the duck eating
bread, the rabbit munching a carrot. In the most clever
spread, readers turn the book vertically to see the duck
getting a drink of water, while the rabbit cools its ears.
The simple art is reminiscent of Eric Rohmann’s work and
will appeal to the same audience. Despite the story
basically being one joke, the clever tone and the amusing
pictures (rendered in ink, watercolor, “and a wee bit of
colored pencil”) never let it feel that way. The clever
ending might inspire kids (and parents) to create their own
artistic twofers.
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