McCloskey, R. (1941). Make Way for Ducklings. New
York: Viking Press.
Make Way for
Ducklings is a
children's picture book written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey, first
published in 1941. The wonderfully illustrated books tells the story of a pair
of mallards who decide to
raise their family on an island in the lagoon in Boston Public Garden, which happens to be a park in the center of Boston.
Make
Way for Ducklings won
the 1942 Caldecott Medal for McCloskey's illustrations, executed in charcoal then lithographed onto zinc plates. The
book has acquired worldwide popularity, leading to over two million copies sold
by 2003. Due to the overwhelming love of this story, a statue of the mother
duck and her eight ducklings was constructed in the Public Garden. The book is
the official children's book of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The names of the ducklings mentioned in the story are: Jack, Kack,
Lack, Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack and Quack.
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