Comments on: Top 100 Picture Books #6: Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/06/20/top-100-picture-books-6-make-way-for-ducklings-by-robert-mccloskey/ A School Library Journal Blog Mon, 20 May 2013 22:56:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Sondy http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/06/20/top-100-picture-books-6-make-way-for-ducklings-by-robert-mccloskey/#comment-799069 Sondy Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:53:49 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=13986#comment-799069 Yes, those Cap'n Kangaroo books! Back when I was 4 years old, my big brother & sister were in school and my younger sister was a baby, and I watched Cap'n Kangaroo at home with my Mom with great fascination. (As 3rd of 13, that was probably THE time in my life of the most parental attention!) I STILL remember him reading some books that we didn't own at home and that entranced me -- Make Way for Ducklings, Caps for Sale, Millions of Cats, Tikki-Tikki-Tembo. All of these books are in your Top 100, so the Cap'n definitely knew how to pick 'em, did he not? My parents didn't own those books, but I made sure to buy all of them for my kids. I still hear the Cap'n's voice reading them in my head. Yes, those Cap’n Kangaroo books! Back when I was 4 years old, my big brother & sister were in school and my younger sister was a baby, and I watched Cap’n Kangaroo at home with my Mom with great fascination. (As 3rd of 13, that was probably THE time in my life of the most parental attention!) I STILL remember him reading some books that we didn’t own at home and that entranced me — Make Way for Ducklings, Caps for Sale, Millions of Cats, Tikki-Tikki-Tembo. All of these books are in your Top 100, so the Cap’n definitely knew how to pick ‘em, did he not?

My parents didn’t own those books, but I made sure to buy all of them for my kids. I still hear the Cap’n's voice reading them in my head.

]]> By: Kate Coombs http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2012/06/20/top-100-picture-books-6-make-way-for-ducklings-by-robert-mccloskey/#comment-798866 Kate Coombs Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:53:19 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/?p=13986#comment-798866 I was driving up the freeway north of Salt Lake City the other day and saw a mother duck determinedly leading her line of ducklings across the freeway. Yikes! They were going to come to a rather tall median, and not a single friendly Robert McCloskey cop in sight. At least the traffic was light. But my mind immediately flew to this book, as you can imagine! I was driving up the freeway north of Salt Lake City the other day and saw a mother duck determinedly leading her line of ducklings across the freeway. Yikes! They were going to come to a rather tall median, and not a single friendly Robert McCloskey cop in sight. At least the traffic was light. But my mind immediately flew to this book, as you can imagine!

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