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Reviewed on May 1, 2005
PreS-K "What's that pecking? "Tap, Tap, Tap!/Eggs" start splitting. Crack, crack, crack./Mama paces up and back./Waddle, waddle, quack, quack, quack." So begins the adventurous first day of five new ducklings as they explore the big world outside their eggs. Skalak uses simple but expressive language in rhyming couplets to describe the action: "Blue sky darkens, lightning flashes./"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Thunder crashes." When one of the ducklings ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More


