Although different in many ways, bold and boisterous Violet the swan and gentle-natured Winston the duck are perfect for one another as they work together and provide constant support in overcoming whatever challenges they may face as only the best of friends can do.
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Sonya Sones is the award-winning author of several young adult novels-in-verse; Bennett Tramer is an Emmy-nominated television writer. They live near the beach in Southern California.
Chris Raschka won the Caldecott Medal for The Hello, Goodbye Window. He lives in New York City.
She's a swan, and he's a duck. She tries to be polite; he's clumsy. But even though they bicker, their friendship is rock-solid. Three short but overwritten sketches are built around misunderstandings or breaches of buddy etiquette that are warmly resolved by the final page; the last, The Garage Sale, in which Violet convinces shoppers not to buy any of Winston's merchandise because each piece is a memento of their friendship, is husband-and-wife team Sones (What My Mother Doesn't Know) and Tramer's funniest, albeit in a Disney Channel kind of way (That mug is... um... cursed! Violet tells a potential purchaser). Caldecott Medalist Raschka's (The Hello, Goodbye Window) watercolor-and-ink pictures bloom with lush, bright colors and dense detail, but as comedic vignettes, they fall short. The soft outlines and pastel-like textures not only blunt the humor but also blur the focus—Violet and Winston seem to disappear into their environments, as if they've been camouflaged. Ages 3–5. (Mar.)
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