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Caldecott 수상작인 "Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type"의 저자인 Doreen Cronin(글), Betsy Lewin(그림)이 다시 힘을 합쳐 만든 재미있는 그림책입니다. 비록 리더북이지만 원서의 내용에 대한 축약이 없이 원문의 글과 그림을 그대로 수록한 리더북입니다.

브라운 아저씨네 농장에 사는 동물들에게 오늘은 매우 기쁜 날입니다. 아기 오리의 첫번째 생일날이거든요. 모든 동물들은 가장 멋지게 보이기 위해 각자의 방식으로 자신의 모습을 가꾸고 생일파티가 열리는 단풍나무 아래로 모입니다.

오리는 욕조에서 비누거품 목욕을 하고,
양들은 가위로 털을 예쁘게 깎고,
고양이는 자신의 혀로 온 몸을 깨끗이 핥고,
닭은 흙모래를 몸에 뿌려서 깃털을 손질하고,
돼지는 진흙목욕을 합니다.

자신을 어떻게 멋지게 치장해야 할지 모르는 아기 오리는 다른 동물들이 하는 것을 보고 그대로 따라합니다. 검품목욕을 하고, 가위로 깃털을 깎고, 혀로 온몸을 핥고, 흙모래를 온몸에 뿌리고, 진흙탕에 뛰어들고...

브라운 아저씨가 손수 만든 생일케익을 들고 단풍나무 아래에 갔을 때, 오늘 파티의 주인공인 아기 오리의 모습은... 그야말로 깜짝 놀랄 모습이네요...






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Paperback: 40 pages
ISBN-10: 1534413820
ISBN-13: 978-1534413825
책 크기: 15.2 cm x 22.9 cm



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Book Description
Little Duck learns how to celebrate his birthday with a little help from all the other animals on the farm in this charming picture book from the award-winning duo, Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin.
Happy first birthday, Little Duck!
Everyone wants to look their best for the party. But Little Duck has never had a birthday before--so how better to learn how to prepare than to do what all the other animals do! The sheep trim their wool--so Little Duck trims her feathers. The pigs need a mud bath--so Little Duck quish and quashes, too. All over the barnyard Little Duck snips, slurps, squishes, and shimmy shakes herself ready until...WHOOPS! It’s party picture time--and Little Duck is a big mess. No matter--it’s not something Farmer Brown’s frosted maple cake can’t fix!


School Library Journal
In the 11th "Click, Clack" book by Cronin and Lewin, Farmer Brown and the animals are preparing for Little Duck's birthday party. Once the cake is baked, the decorations hung, and the games chosen, the animals focus on spiffing themselves up for the event. In turn, the duck, sheep, cat, chickens, and pigs "rub-a-dub," "snippity-clip," "slurp-a-lurp," "shimmy-shake," and "squish and squash" clean. Little Duck follows their example, ending with a dust bath and a roll in a mud puddle. Readers are likely to get caught up in the onomatopoeic fun and may be inspired by Lewin's energetic watercolors to wiggle, shake, and strut along with the animals. VERDICT Sure to be a lively storytime read-aloud. Recommended for most picture book collections.


Publishers Weekly
In this addition to the series that began with Click, Clack, Moo, it’s Little Duck’s birthday, and the farm animals are busy getting ready. Cronin merrily describes their preparations in repeating language (“The chickens take a dust bath to look their best. They shimmy-shake, shimmy-shake, shimmy-shake clean”), but the real fun comes as Little Duck mimics each animal, getting frizzier, dustier, and muddier in the process. Lewin adeptly portrays the story’s physical comedy in swoopy mixed-media scenes that build to a “Happy Birthday to... ewww!” finale. It’s goofy birthday fun that will probably have some readers shimmy-shaking and slurp-a-lurping along with the animals.