  | Lucky duck Author: Pizzoli, Greg | |
| Price: $23.78 | ||
Summary:
Susan the duck keeps feeling unlucky, so when a wolf shows up with gifts she has won it seems like her luck is turning around, but soon she realizes the wolf's intentions may not be as helpful as she imagined.
| Accelerated Reader Information: Interest Level: LG Reading Level: 2.50 Points: .5 Quiz: 551215 |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (12/01/23)
Booklist (01/17/24)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/01/24)
The Hornbook (00/01/24)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 01/17/2024 Susan the duck is not having the best day. Her roller skates have arrived, and they’re far too big. Her moping is interrupted by a knock on the door, where a chipper wolf announces that she’s won an enormous cooking pot. It might be a bit big for her little kitchen, but Susan accepts and cheerfully goes on with her day. Later, she's again dismayed when her kitchen light goes out, but that wolf is back with another prize: an armful of onions. Back and forth Susan’s luck goes, her bad occurrences always balanced out with more prizes from the wolf until a scary reveal sees all of Susan’s unlucky incidents align to come through and save the day. It’s a clever setup to a payoff that will have young readers giggling. The charming illustrations, rendered mainly in comforting reds, greens, and oranges, are packed with diverting details and hilariously capture the physical humor when everything comes to a head. An entertaining exercise in seeing setbacks from a different perspective. - Copyright 2024 Booklist.
