Make Way For Ducklings.
by McCloskey, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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Synopsis
Make Way for Ducklings is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey. First published in 1941, the book tells the story of a pair of mallard ducks who decide to raise their family on an island in the lagoon in Boston Public Garden, a park in the center of Boston, Massachusetts. Make Way for Ducklings won the 1942 Caldecott Medal for McCloskey's illustrations, executed in charcoal then lithographed on zinc plates. As of 2003, the book had sold over two million copies.
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- Bookseller
- John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 107120
- Title
- Make Way For Ducklings.
- Author
- McCloskey, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Size
- Roy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books in Six Specialties (SL2);
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