Monkey and Duck Quack Up!

by Jennifer Hamburg, Edwin Fotheringham (Illustrator)

Overview

Colorful comedy, rollicking rhyme, charismatic characters, and a funny friendship -- this winning picture book has got it all!

Duck and Monkey,best of friends,as different as odds and ends.Monkey's eager, Duck's laid-back.Together do they have the knackto be a winning rhyming teamand satisfy a monkey's dream?Turn the page and try your luck.See if you can out-rhyme Duck!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545645157
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	02/24/2015
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
Lexile:	AD460L (what's this?)
File size:	7 MB
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Jennifer Hamburg is an Emmy Award-winning children's television writer whose hit shows include Doc McStuffins, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Super Why! , Henry Hugglemonster, and Creative Galaxy. She is the author of Monkey and Duck Quack Up! , illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham, a spring 2015 Indie Favorite, and Billy Bloo Is Stuck in Goo. Jennifer lives happily with her husband and gooey children in Houston, Texas. Visit Jennifer at www.jenniferhamburg.com.
Edwin Fotheringham’s stylish, award-winning illustrations have graced the pages of The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and many other publications. He has illustrated numerous highly acclaimed nonfiction picture books, such as Barbara Kerley's What to Do About Alice?, a Sibert Honor Book and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book; The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy), a New York Public Library Best Children's Book; Those Rebels, John & Tom, an NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book; and A Home for Mr. Emerson, a NAPPA Gold Award winner; as well as younger fiction picture books, such as Pam Muñoz Ryan's Tony Baloney and the eponymous beginning reader series, Jennifer Hamburg's Monkey and Duck Quack Up!, a spring 2015 Indie Favorite, and Andria Rosenbaum’s Big Sister, Little Monster. Ed lives in Seattle, Washington. Visit him online at edfotheringham.com.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Monkey and Duck Quack Up!:“With a three-day cruise on the line as a prize, Monkey drafts his friend Duck to participate in a rhyming contest . . . bright bold artwork . . . serious read-aloud potential.” —Publishers Weekly“Younger listeners will enjoy completing Monkey's unfinished verses within the story, and slightly older children will be spurred to create their own lists of rhyming words.” —Booklist“A solid choice for rhyming play.” —KirkusPraise for Ed Fotheringham's work:What To Do About Alice? by Barbara KerleyA Robert F. Sibert Honor BookA Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor BookA Parents' Choice Award Winner*"The large format gives Fotheringham, in his debut, plenty of room for spectacular art." —Booklist, starred review*"A gleeful celebration of a fully, unapologetically led life." —Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewThe Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy) by Barbara KerleyCalifornia Reading Association Eureka! Gold Award WinnerNew York Public Library Best Children's BookA Washington Post Best Book for Young ReadersOppenheim Portfolio Gold Award*"A masterfully perceptive and largely visual biography . . . dynamic and lovely . . . a joy to peruse." —School Library Journal, starred review *"An accessible and inventive vision of an American legend." —Publishers Weekly, starred reviewThose Rebels, John & Tom by Barbara KerleyNCTE Orbis Pictus Honor BookNew York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and SharingNAPPA Gold Award Winner"Fotheringham's cartoonish drawings hold a retro 'Schoolhouse Rock' appeal in this rousing account of the friendship before the feud." —The New York Times Book Review*"Fotheringham provides page after page of clever, cartoon-style artwork and skillful compositions–heavily steeped in reds, whites, and blues–that add to the excitement of overthrowing stuffy old King George. . ." —Booklist, starred review

From the Publisher

2014-11-04
Will Duck speak a rhyme by contest time?One day Monkey sees a sign hanging on a nearby vine: "Rhyming contest, enter now! / Register with Lou the cow. / Find a friend and rhyme in twos. / (Winners win a three-day cruise!)" Monkey is sure that he and Duck can easily win since they're young and hip. He throws out an open-ended string of random words and phrases: "Beat! Sheet! Meet! Greet! / Eat some wheat, / then wash your feet! / Have a seat! / Trick or treat! / Hear a finch go tweet, tweet—" to which Duck responds, "Quack." No matter what he does, Monkey can't get anything other than that classic duck sound out of his friend. Then he has a brainstorm that wins them the cruise and that preschoolers will love participating in. After settling in at sea, Monkey gloats, "The two of us, we have a knack. / Don't you agree?" And Duck's response? "Let's get some ice cream." This sophomore effort from TV writer Hamburg (A Moose That Says Moo, illustrated by Sue Truesdell, 2013) might not startle with originality, but it offers the opportunity for children to play with rhyme and expectations. Fotheringham's digital illustrations show the main characters as scratchy-lined, bold cartoon animals, their silly antics highlighted on monochrome backgrounds of various colors. It may be a bit odd, but it is a solid choice for rhyming play. (Picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews