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Synopsis
In an attempt to reestablish a colony of eiders to a small island off Iceland, Drffa must follow the rules of the grant by the Ministry of the Environment to raise her two hundred ducklings in a natural way so that they can one day live freely in the wild.
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About the Author
Bruce McMillan has written and illustrated more children’s books set in Iceland than any other United States author. Going Fishing is his sixth to be set there, and his forty-third overall. He often summers in Iceland, though he lives in Shapleigh, Maine.
Bruce holds a B.S. in biology from the University of Maine and has received numerous awards and honors for his children’s books.
From School Library Journal
Gr 1-4-Another beauty from McMillan. As in Nights of the Pufflings (Houghton, 1995), he traveled to Iceland, this time to record the reestablishment of a colony of common eider ducks. Young schoolgirl Dr'fa knows that to survive in the wild, the ducklings cannot become attached to her. So while nurturing them to adulthood, she keeps her distance, emotionally and physically, as much as possible. One photo shows the ducklings crawling over her while she lies still on the grass. It's apparent that it's difficult for her to not pick them up and mother them. Yet she stays focused on her task and the young ones survive and thrive. The ducklings are adorable. Like the newly hatched cuties, a few of the pictures are appropriately a bit fuzzy. An extreme close-up of a duck hatching becomes clear as the camera is brought further back from the scene. A winning look at the wonder of the common eider, the splendor of Iceland, and the resourcefulness of one child.
Anne Chapman Callaghan, Racine Public Library, WI
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- PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0618048782
- ISBN 13 9780618048786
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages32
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