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Tap! Peck! Crack! Pop!
The Caldecott Honor-winning artist Nancy Tafuri's Whose Chick Are You is full of humor, love, family, and suspense, and is ideal for sharing with babies and toddlers.
School Library Journal said, "[Children] are likely to sing along with the chirps, honks, clucks, and quacks while they jump into this vividly drawn world."
Who does this little chick belong to No one seems to know--not Goose (Honk!), not Duck (Quack!), not Hen (Cluck!), not Bird (Chirp!). Not even Little Chick (croo croo). But Little Chick's parents know, and--as sharp observers will delight in noting--they've been swimming nearby all along.
The companion to Nancy Tafuri's Caldecott Honor Book Have You Seen My Duckling, this delightful story will engage and surprise the youngest reader!
Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-K-As the sun rises, two swans awake and leave their egg on the shore while they swim away to find food. The other feathered creatures are surprised by the sight of it. "CLUCK! CLUCK! Whose egg is this?" "QUACK! QUACK! Whose egg is this?" Then, when a fuzzy gray hatchling emerges, the question becomes, "Whose chick are you?" Mother Swan knows the answer, and readers who are attentively searching the pages will often detect the swans hovering close by. Tafuri's sunlit watercolor and brush-pen illustrations magnify each inquisitive animal so that it appears to be life-size. Children will find it satisfying to witness the meeting of parents and their offspring, and they are likely to sing along with the chirps, honks, clucks, and quacks while they jump into this vividly drawn world.-Susan Weitz, formerly at Spencer-Van Etten School District, Spencer, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
A hen, duck, sparrow, and goose come upon an egg, then ask the gray chick that hatches from it, ""Whose chick are you?"" The mystery is solved when a swan returns to greet her new little one. Tafuri's simple, gentle text and pen and watercolor illustrations of nearly life-size animals offer details that will draw readers in. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
In a companion of sorts to her Caldecott honoree, Have You Seen My Duckling? (1984), Tafuri demonstrates why she continues to set the standard in books for the very young. Well-designed from start to finish, the cover shows a fluffy, gray chick cradled in a precisely drawn nest set against a colorfully sunny backdrop. Beginning on the endpapers, a swan couple leads tots and their caregivers to a wetlands nest where an eye-catching close-up reveals a large, white egg. In turn, four neighboring fowl and their offspring ask, "Whose egg is this?" or "Whose egg is that?" In a dramatic four-panel spread replete with sound effects, the cygnet hatches from its egg, claimed by its parents (who've usually been tucked into the background) in the elegant parting shot. The boldness of the forms, figure and fonts in the double-page watercolor-and-pen spreads is softened by the harmonious composition. An interactive winner. (Picture book. 1-4) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
