Duck and Goose Colors

by Tad Hills

Overview

Learn your colors this Easter with the New York Times bestselling odd couple Duck and Goose!

These humorous and expressive characters make learning the colors easy and fun. From New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Tad Hills comes another concept book starring our favorite feathered friends. Duck and Goose introduce basic colors in this sturdy board book, perfect for toddlers and preschoolers.

Praise for the Duck & Goose series:
 
“Duck and Goose have taken their places alongside Frog and Toad and George and Martha as fine examples of friendship, curiosity and problem-solving.”—Kirkus Reviews
 
“Charming, funny, simple, and surprising. . . . Hills is master of the light comic touch.”—The Boston Globe

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780553508062
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	01/06/2015
Series:	Duck and Goose Series
Pages:	22
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 6.60(h) x 0.60(d)
Lexile:	AD360L (what's this?)
Age Range:	9 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Tad Hills is the author and illustrator of the highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling picture books Duck & Goose; Duck, Duck, Goose; Duck & Goose Go to the Beach; How Rocket Learned to Read; and Rocket Writes a Story. He has created numerous Duck & Goose board books, among them the ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book What’s Up, Duck?; Duck & Goose, It’s Time for Christmas!; Duck & Goose, Goose Needs a Hug; and most recently, Duck & Goose, Let's Dance! The Rocket series includes a board book, Rocket’s Mighty Words, and two leveled readers, Drop It, Rocket! and Rocket’s 100th Day of School. Tad lives in Brooklyn with his wife, their two children, and a dog named Rocket. Visit the author online at tadhills.com.

Editorial Reviews

07/01/2015
Baby/Toddler—A string of similes offers an introduction to the colors as seen by Hills's endearing birds on a wonder-filled trip outdoors. Yellow equals buttercups, and green, an inchworm and leaves, while the end of Goose's beak is black, "like ants," and Goose's feathers are white, "like the clouds."

School Library Journal

2015-01-20
Duck and Goose are back with another board book to help very young children learn their colors. While the story is slight—as in nonexistent—these two cleanly drawn friends are the perfect teachers to introduce colors. Duck and Goose look just as wide-eyed and incredulous as in the original picture books—as if they are just amazed at their newfound knowledge. Each double-page spread is a simple statement of fact, with a simile that references items that young children will recognize and that are easily found on the page. "The inchworm is GREEN, like leaves." While young children may not recognize an inchworm, they will recognize leaves and be able to identify the other green object—the inchworm. Hills includes seven of the eight colors from the kindergarten crayon box: yellow, blue, green, orange, purple, and black, plus white. He substitutes gray for brown, perhaps as a way to include Duck's friend Thistle, who is gray. Indeed, the book serves as an introduction to the whole world of Duck & Goose, guaranteeing that young children will be eager to graduate to Hill's relatively more complex picture books when they outgrow board books. Duck and Goose have taken their places alongside Frog and Toad and George and Martha as fine examples of friendship, curiosity, and problem-solving, and this offering is a good way to introduce babies to the pair. (Board book. 6 mos.-2)

Kirkus Reviews

2015-01-20
Duck and Goose are back with another board book to help very young children learn their colors. While the story is slight—as in nonexistent—these two cleanly drawn friends are the perfect teachers to introduce colors. Duck and Goose look just as wide-eyed and incredulous as in the original picture books—as if they are just amazed at their newfound knowledge. Each double-page spread is a simple statement of fact, with a simile that references items that young children will recognize and that are easily found on the page. "The inchworm is GREEN, like leaves." While young children may not recognize an inchworm, they will recognize leaves and be able to identify the other green object—the inchworm. Hills includes seven of the eight colors from the kindergarten crayon box: yellow, blue, green, orange, purple and black, plus white. He substitutes gray for brown, perhaps as a way to include Duck's friend Thistle, who is gray. Indeed, the book serves as an introduction to the whole world of Duck & Goose, guaranteeing that young children will be eager to graduate to Hill's relatively more complex picture books when they outgrow board books. Duck and Goose have taken their places alongside Frog and Toad and George and Martha as fine examples of friendship, curiosity and problem-solving, and this offering is a good way to introduce babies to the pair. (Board book. 6 mos.-2)

Kirkus Review