Don't Fidget a Feather - Softcover

Silverman, Erica

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0689819676 ISBN 13: 9780689819674

Publisher: Aladdin, 1998

Synopsis

Duck, the faster swimmer, and Gander, the higher flyer, compete in a freeze-in-place contest to determine which of them is the champion of champions, a challenge that proves more difficult than expected. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

Erica Silverman is the author of several books including Big Pumpkin; When the Chickens Went on Strike, which was a Sydney Taylor Honor book; and Sholom's Treasure, which won the Sydney Taylor Award and was a runner-up for the National Jewish Book Award. Her books have received the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award, the California Young Reader Medal, ABA Pick of the List, and the first book in her early-reader series Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa won the Theodore Seuss Geisel Honor. She lives in Los Angeles, California. Visit her at EricaSilverman.com.

S. D. Schindler is the popular and versatile illustrator of many books for children, including Big Pumpkin and the ALA Notable Book Don't Fidget a Feather, both by Erica Silverman, How Santa Got His Job by Stephen Krensky, and Johnny Appleseed by Rosemary and Stephen Vincent Benét. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 1?Brimming with confidence, Duck and Gander challenge one another to contests of swimming and flying, hoping to establish once and for all who is the "champion of champions." When the results are inconclusive, Duck suggests a freeze-in-place contest. A host of hilarious interruptions arise to break their concentration, but both remain perfectly still. The situation turns ominous when Fox stumbles onto the contestants and sees an easy dinner. He drags them into his den and prepares a savory stew, until, at the last minute, Duck sacrifices the contest to save Gander from the pot. The story closes with the two friends sharing a steaming bowl of vegetable stew. Children are sure to identify with these characters and their friendly, yet relentless, pursuit to do each other "one better." Schindler's soft illustrations capture the colors of the forest, growing appropriately darker as the crisis builds. As in Silverman and Schindler's Big Pumpkin (Macmillan, 1992), there is just enough predictability here to keep youngsters involved. The engaging art and energetic story line make this a perfect choice for reading aloud.?Lisa S. Murphy, formerly at Dauphin County Library System, Harrisburg, PA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Aladdin
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0689819676
• ISBN 13: 9780689819674
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Schindler S.D.