Summary
Herbie the duck feels displaced when his best friend Lottie the chicken makes friends with a glamorous German bird named Dodo. Can Lottie be friends with both Herbie and Dodo? Watercolor illustrations accompany the text. Selected by the New York Times Book Review as one of the Best Illustrated Children's Books of 1999.
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"The text, coupled with expressive illustrations, creates a book that kids are certain to enjoy." -- Kendal A. Rautzhan
-- New York Daily News
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Atheneum
Published date: 1999
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 7 x 10.5 inches
Weight: 0.7 pounds
Ages: 1 to 2
Pages: 32
Synopses
When a new bird moves in nearby, Herbie the duck worries that his friend Lottie the chicken doesn't care about him anymore.
Publisher's Notes
In this new picture book treat about Lottie and Herbie, Mathers explores a problem familiar to children everywhere--the trials and tribulations of friendship between three. Illustrations.
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