Mr. McCloskey's Marvelous Mallards: the Making of "Make Way for Ducks" by Emma Bland SmithThis behind the scenes look at the creation of the classic and beloved picture book Make Way for Ducklings will captivate young artists, writers, readers, and animal lovers alike. While writing and illustrating the beloved picture book Make Way for Ducklings, Robert McCloskey brings a flock of ducklings into his tiny New York City apartment. But an artist + a bunch of ducklings in his apartment = chaos! There are ducklings in the bathtub and ducklings

printed in full-color

plays with ideas

random cut

Little House on the Prairie

Maude embodies the way that a grandparent's love can offer intimacy

The National Audubon Society Pocket Guide: Insects and Spiders is the essential pocket-size guide to 80 of the most abundant and colorful insects and spiders in North America

who lived in an old house in the country

Homoya is a botanist and plant ecologist

Don Giovanni de la Fortuna

as you write

and wildlife biologist

Ernest Hemingway