Just Ducks! by Nicole Davies and Salvatore Rubbino: book review & GIVEAWAY--WINNER CHOSEN & NOTIFIED

This is a delightful picture book featuring Mallard ducks as they quack their way through the day with a little girl who awakens to their quacks.  This isn't really about the little girl - she is simply the witness of everything Just ducks!

The reader will learn why some ducks have louder quacks and how to tell a boy duck from a girl duck.  This is a "nature storybook" in that it tells a story but it has also informative bits about ducks throughout the book - factual information.  The story plot is in larger font than the bits of facts which are tucked into the sides and corners of the book's pages.

After the little girl goes through her day from waking with the ducks, feeding them, and seeing them settle down for the night (as she does the same), we realize we have learned quite a lot about Just ducks!

I think this book can be best understood by children - boys or girls - ages 4 through 7.  However, even younger children can begin to enjoy duck's quacks and adventures through the day as they, too, quack with the ducks.

I found the book interesting, informative, and appealing to the eyes in subdued colors complimentary to the coloration of the Mallard ducks themselves - greens, greys, browns.  The illustrations are "childlike" without a lot of structure but very appealing and sweet. I found the gentle nudging of factual information appealing and believe it presents a wonderful learning opportunity for the young child.  I recommend this to anyone desiring to read to children or to the young reader themselves - especially if they like Just Ducks!

GIVEAWAY:  Candlewick Press will mail 1 of Chat With Vera's readers their very own copy of JUST DUCKS!. Open USA only.  Easy entries:  Begins JULY 5 and ENDS July 20 at 12:00 Noon EDT.

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Disclosure: I was provided a complimentary copy of Just Ducks by the publisher Candlewick Press in exchange for my honest review.