Duck and Goose Find a Pumpkin

by Tad Hills, Tad Hills (Illustrator)

Overview

Go on a pumpkin hunt with Duck & Goose in this fall themed board book! Now an animated series, available to stream on Apple TV+!

New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Tad Hills brings our favorite feathered friends out to find a big, beautiful pumpkin in this sturdy board book. Duck & Goose look everywhere for a pumpkin-in the apple tree, in the leaf pile, inside a hollow log.... Where will they find one?

Perfect for your favorite fall holidays, and a fun read-a-long for fans of Duck and Goose any time of year!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780375858130
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	07/28/2009
Series:	Duck and Goose Series
Pages:	22
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 6.50(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	AD300L (what's this?)
Age Range:	Up to 2 Years

About the Author

Tad Hills is the author and illustrator of the ALA Notable Book Duck & Goose—called “expressive” and “adorable” in a starred review from Kirkus Reviews—and Duck, Duck, Goose, both New York Times bestsellers. His Duck & Goose boardbooks include the ALA Notable Book What’s Up, Duck?, Duck & Goose 1, 2, 3 and Duck & Goose: How Are You Feeling? He is also the illustrator of Waking Up Wendell, My Fuzzy Friends, and Knock, Knock, Who’s There? Tad lives in Brooklyn with his wife, their two children, and a dog (who will soon star in a book of his own!).

Editorial Reviews

"This appealing story is told in simple, well-chosen words. . . . Preschoolers on their annual pilgrimage to the local pumpkin patch will identify with Goose and Duck." —School Library Journal

"This autumn tale is charming enough to enjoy throughout the year." —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

Playful and comically hopeless Duck and Goose are back in a fall-themed board book. In this episode, the duo admires their friend Thistle's pumpkin. They set out to find one, but they look in all the wrong places and become distracted along the way by the fun that can be had in autumn. The feathered friends have no luck finding a pumpkin in a pile of leaves or up an apple tree. Thistle suggests they try the pumpkin patch, and the final spread shows the twosome marching off with an extra-large pumpkin and congratulating each other on their pumpkin-finding abilities. While some of the jokes will likely go over most toddlers' heads, youngsters will identify with Duck and Goose's distractibility and their obsession with something new. Hills' oil paintings, done in warm fall tones and stretching to the edge of the oversized pages, are as fresh and lively as any of the other titles in the series. The text is told entirely in snatches of dialogue; Duck, Goose and Thistle's utterances hover close to the speaker and help to differentiate the three characters. This autumn tale is charming enough to enjoy throughout the year. (Board book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews