Just Ducks!

Description

From spring right through to winter ... there they are! Down on the river! Quack quuuack, Quack-quaack-quack... What do you know about ducks? I bet you know that they quack ... a lot! Well, discover much more in this book that's all about, well, just ducks! Learn all about which is a boy duck and which is a girl, why some quack louder and others more softly. Find out what they eat when it is cold outside and where they perch their bottoms to sleep!

Nicola Davies is a zoologist and has produced and presented radio and TV programmes, including The Really Wild Show. She is the award-winning author of many successful titles for Walker Books, including the Nature Storybooks Ice Bear and White Owl, Barn Owl, non-fiction titles Poo, Gaia Warriors and the novel Home (shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award). Nicola lives in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales. Visit her website at www.nicola-davies.com Salvatore Rubbino is a rising new talent in the world of illustration. He was shortlisted for the Victoria and Albert Museum Illustration Awards for the brilliant illustrations in his picture-book debut A Walk in New York. His latest picture book title, A Walk in London, is an ode to his home city. Salvatore lives in London, E15.

I adore the work of both these talents. * Kids Book Review * a book that is not only full of information, but a great pleasure to look at, and read. * Louise Pfanner *