A little duckling is excited to find a book, but disappointed (and a little angry) to discover it has no pictures. On closer inspection, though, the ducking can read some of the words, and the white space becomes populated with different landscapes, creatures, and things. "All these words carry you away...and then...they bring you home...where they stay with you forever." The duckling (and insect friend) wind up back home in bed, clutching the book. ( )

What is this creature? Ducks do not have belly buttons. ( )

I really liked this one! It introduces kids to the idea that the books they're going to read a little later on, even if they don't have pictures on the page, can create vast and limitless images in their mind. Which is basically my brain 24/7. ( )

Cute! I love the beautiful watercolour illustrations, especially the colourful cloudy backgrounds. I don't really remember a time before I could read, but I definitely remember trying to read books that were way above my difficulty level. This book is about a little duck who is just pushing past that reading place where books with no pictures are prohibitively difficult. He's so used to pooh-poohing books with just words in them...but then he realizes he actually does know some of the words and the story starts to make sense! This is a picture book, but the endpapers contain the entire story, just in words. The beginning endpapers contain many words with the letters all jumbled up, making it more difficult to put together, but by the time you get to the end endpapers, all the words make sense. It's very cute. ( )

I enjoyed this book because it claimed not to be a picture book but it had pictures that told the story. The duck picked up a book with no pictures, but begins to read and realizes that the power of words alone make pictures in your head and you make up your own images in your mind. ( )