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Synopsis
On a small island off the coast of Iceland, Drífa has the task of hatching and raising over two hundred peeping wild eider ducklings. Her goal, for which she is supported by a license granted by the Ministry of the Environment, is to raise the ducklings to reestablish a colony of common eiders here. If the ducklings are to survive in the wild, they can€™t become pets. Drífa must nurture them while keeping her distance as their caregiver. She must balance the emotionally satisfying appeal of her charges with her ultimate goal of reestablishing the colony if she is to succeed in raising her lovable ducklings to live free as wild eider ducks.
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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 date2007
- ISBN 10 0618862706
- ISBN 13 9780618862702
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages32
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