No More Pacifier, Duck

by Michael Dahl, Oriol Vidal (Illustrator)

Overview

Little Duck loves his pacifier, but he is getting bigger and doesn't need it anymore. It's time for Little Duck to make a big decision and give up his pacifier for good.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781479557936
Publisher:	Capstone Press
Publication date:	01/01/2015
Series:	Hello Genius Series
Pages:	20
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.56(d)
Age Range:	2 - 4 Years

About the Author

Michael Dahl is the prolific author of the bestselling Goodnight, Baseball picture book and more than 200 other books for children and young adults. He has won the AEP Distinguished Achievement Award three times for his nonfiction, a Teacher’s Choice award from Learning magazine, and a Seal of Excellence from the Creative Child Awards. Dahl currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

For more than ten years, Oriol Vidal has worked as an illustrator and storyboard artist with agencies, publishers, and animation companies, developing children’s books, character designs, concept art, and storyboards. Vidal was born in Barcelona, Spain, where he currently resides.

Editorial Reviews

2015-03-17
It's time for little Duck to give up his beloved pacifier. Like many tots, "Duck likes his pacifier," and the first double-page spread shows him sucking on it happily. Mama Duck, though, believes he's outgrown it: "Only in bed, sleepyhead," she admonishes, plucking the pacifier from Duck's beak as he sits down to a meal. On subsequent pages, she repeats this phrase and pulls away the pacifier as surprised, sad-looking Duck sits in his car seat and reads a book. Adult readers will wonder here—why wouldn't Mama Duck just put away the pacifier instead of repeatedly snatching it from her wee one throughout the day? Then, surprise, Mama Duck announces that Duck doesn't need his pacifier at all: "Not even in bed, sleepyhead." Here, a pleased-looking Mama Duck is pictured with the pacifier hanging from a cord around her neck, out of little Duck's reach. The following double-page spread features Duck wailing in his crib. Turn the page, and readers see that "soon enough, Duck stops crying…and falls asleep" with no pacifier and no comfort from Mama. When morning comes, he proudly announces: "I'm a BIG DUCK now!" Despite the happy ending, a story meant to serve as reassurance to little ones giving up their own pacifiers comes off as harsh and decidedly unpleasant. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews