Review: 'Wild Things' kind of tepid Oct 17, 2009
Make Way for the Ducklings (1942) By Robert McCloskey. About This Poll. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Daniel Zalewski on Picture Books Oct 12, 2009
Similarly, the stern disciplinarians of the past in Robert McCloskey books, parents instruct children not to cry have largely vanished. The parents in today s stories suffer the same diminution in authority felt by the parents reading them aloud (an hour past bedtime). (New Yorker)
The gift of learning: Jerome library participates in book distribution program Sep 17, 2009
Books planned to be disbursed include "Make way for Ducklings" by Robert McCloskey, which is among the books scheduled to be in children's hands throughout Idaho this month. For more information on the Jerome Public Library and the Read to Me First Book program, visit or. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
BPL begins display of treasured collections Sep 14, 2009
At the yearlong, Cool + Collected: Treasures of the BPL, items include Winslow Homer s Eight Bells etching and a draft sketch of Robert McCloskey s Make Way for Ducklings. These are featured in Chapter 1, which runs through the middle of October (Chapter 2 through February, Chapter 3 through June). (Boston Globe)
Things not done, roads not taken Jul 26, 2009
But most of all we will remember what they showed us, and by that I am not speaking of the way to collect low-brush blueberries in a bucket, because we know they learned that from a book by Robert McCloskey, nor of how to race up the Presidential Range in the rain, because long ago I took down this passage from the 1925 "Guide to Paths in the White Mountains and Adjacent Regions". "If trouble arises on or above Mount Monroe, use the Lake of the Clouds Hut or go down the Ammonoosuc Ravine Trail.... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
'Make Way for Ducklings' annual parade retraces book's route May 11, 2009
Bostonians large and small marched through part of Beacon Hill yesterday afternoon, clad in duck costumes to celebrate the children's book "Make Way for Ducklings" by Robert McCloskey. Children dragged wagons decorated as nests and dogs wore yellow-winged outfits as crowds retraced the route of the Mallard family in the Boston-based story. (Boston Globe)
Ertischek: A place for stupid people to do stupid things is needed Apr 15, 2009
Nancy Schon created the sculpture in 1987 in honor of author Robert McCloskey s book. But this wasn t the first time Pack was stolen. (Rsolindale Parkway Transcript, MA)
Duckling in famous children's book stolen from Boston's Public Garden Apr 7, 2009
Boston has taken pride in the sculpture, which celebrates the award-winning children's book by Robert McCloskey that bears the same name. Created and installed in 1987 by Nancy Schon, the art dis play has become one of the city's favorite tourist destinations, at the entrance to the Public Garden at Beacon and Charles streets. (Boston Globe)
Photo Gallery Mar 13, 2009
"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. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Colorful drawings grace library walls Feb 26, 2009
She is pictured with a duck she painted inspired by Robert McCloskey s Make Way for Ducklings, one of her personal favorite children s stories ... Schuld painted her own favorites the strange creatures of Maurice Sendak's Where Wild Things Are, a line of mother and baby ducks out of Robert McCloskey's Make Way for Ducklings, and images of Plains Indian culture inspired by Paul Goble's books. (Laurel Outlook, MT)
