David Martin has written many books for children, including
Let’s Have a Tree Party!, illustrated by John Manders; All for Pie,
Pie for All and Little Bunny and the Magic Christmas Tree, both
illustrated by Valeri Gorbachev; and We’ve All Got Bellybuttons!,
illustrated by Randy Cecil. David Martin lives in Vermont.
David Walker has illustrated several children’s books,
including Flip, Flap, Fly! by Phyllis Root and Bears on Chairs and
Bears in Beds, both by Shirley Parenteau. He lives in Chapel Hill,
North Carolina.
The couplets make for easy reading, their sing-song quality lending
them to large crowds or one-on-one interactions with equal ease.
Likewise, the buoyant mixed-media art neatly complements the
up-tempo tone. Cute without being cloying, these pudgy feathered
stand-ins for child readers are bound to entice small listeners to
clamor “Again” when the story’s done.
—Kirkus Reviews
This picture book, starring big yellow Ducky and small blue Peep,
is tailor-made for toddlers...The text is bouncy and the
mixed-media art, rendered in a cheerful palette, is muted in the
background, while the foreground pops with heavily outlined
characters.
—Booklist
In the mixed-media illustrations, the two characters are consistent
in size and color, and backgrounds show a pleasant park
setting.
—School Library Journal
The rhymed verse has a playfulness that echoes the birds' light
rambunctiousness...It's a quiet but well-observed portrait of a
budding friendship.
—Publishers Weekly
[T]he rhyming text is great fun to read aloud—a bonus for adults,
who will be asked to read this multiple times, and who won’t mind
experiencing this idyllic play date again and again.
—The Horn Book
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