Mail Duck
A Book of Shapes and Surprises
Published on 21. April 2020
Book
Board book
20 pages
978-1-4197-3989-7 (ISBN)
Description
Come along on Mail Duck's delivery route for a day full of lift-the-flap surprises!
Mail Duck is delivering differently shaped packages to all his friends on his mail route. (Trudy likes triangles, and Harry likes hearts!) Lift the flaps to peek inside and guess what each friend received. Then head back to the post office for a big surprise: a thank-you celebration for Mail Duck planned by all his pals using the various packages they received throughout the story! Sixteen flaps and a final double-gatefold spread give readers plenty of sweet and silly details to unpack in this charming board book.
Mail Duck is delivering differently shaped packages to all his friends on his mail route. (Trudy likes triangles, and Harry likes hearts!) Lift the flaps to peek inside and guess what each friend received. Then head back to the post office for a big surprise: a thank-you celebration for Mail Duck planned by all his pals using the various packages they received throughout the story! Sixteen flaps and a final double-gatefold spread give readers plenty of sweet and silly details to unpack in this charming board book.
Reviews / Votes
**STARRED REVIEW**"Sirotich's art steals the show, with smiling faces and hidden shapes throughout in gentle greens, cotton-candy pinks, and highly saturated blues... Mail Duck delivers delight, and toddlers will clamor for more." * Kirkus Review *
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Abrams
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 0 to 3 years
Product notice
Lift-the-flap book
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
524 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4197-3989-7 (9781419739897)
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Person
Erica Sirotich is an author-illustrator who regularly contributes illustrations and activities to kids' magazines like Highlights, Ranger Rick Jr., and Boys' Life, as well as Usborne activity books. She's always loved receiving mail, and has been collecting postage stamps since she was a little girl. This gave her the inspiration to create Mail Duck! She lives in St. Petersburg, Florida, with her dogs, cats, and husband, Mike. Learn more at ericasirotich.com.