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Duckie's rainbow

Title:

Duckie's rainbow

Author:

Barry, Frances, author.

Summary:

Duckie notices the different colors around her as she walks and arrives home to a beautiful surprise.

General Note:

Cover title.

Book is curved to form the shape of a rainbow when opened.

Pages are increasingly smaller and different colors to present the effect of a rainbow when the book is opened.

Edition:

1st US ed. 2004

Physical Description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Genre:

Toy and movable books.

Subject Term:

Ducks -- Juvenile fiction.

Rainbow -- Juvenile fiction.

Color -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Candlewick Press,

Publication Date:

2004

ISBN:

9780763620660

9781415530214

Publication Information:

Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2004.

Call Number:

P BARRY YELLOW

Turn the graduated pages of this unique shaped book to help Duckie find her way home -- and you'll marvel at the dazzling rainbow that appears when she gets there.

Duckie is in a hurry to get home. She walks through a red poppy field, hops under an orange bridge, waddles around a yellow cornfield, rushes past a big green tree, and paddles across a deep blue pond. By the time she reaches her nest, purple clouds have begun to rain, but don't worry -- the book's rounded pages, each one smaller than the last, form a spectacular rainbow on the last spread! With the boldest of colors and enchantingly simple shapes, Frances Barry's collage illustrations combine with an ingenious format for an eye-popping concept-book debut.

Author Notes

Frances Barry says the idea for DUCKIE'S RAINBOW came to her "on the top deck of a London bus. Not that I saw a rainbow, but I've always found it a great place to brainstorm with a sketchbook! I named the character Duckie because it was a term of endearment my great-aunt used for everyone." Frances Barry has worked as a designer of greeting cards and stationery and has painted several public and private murals. This is her first book.

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-Duckie is hurrying home to her nest. On the way she encounters a field of red poppies, an orange bridge, yellow corn, and more. This deceptively simple, fan-shaped concept book is wonderfully creative. Each spread adds its color to an arc at the top of the page; at the end, Duckie sees a beautiful rainbow. The pages are graduated so that when opened the book is a half-circle showing the rings of color. The collage art is basic and the hues are bright. Duckie will appeal to preschoolers, especially toddlers, and be a great addition to storytimes.-Elaine Lesh Morgan, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publisher's Weekly Review

Another playful color lesson, the paper-over-board Duckie's Rainbow by Frances Barry starts out as a quarter-circle and doubles to a half-circle when youngsters open the cover. As readers follow the feathered heroine's journey "through the red poppy field," "under the orange bridge" and onward, the book continues to change: the pages, decreasing in size, begin to form a large rainbow that stretches across the book's full width-with the colors in their proper order (ROYGBIV). (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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