What's Up, Duck?

Simple book illustrating opposites with baby ducks. Pictures and words are simple and easy to understand. One word per page encourages word recognition, especially combined with the easy to identify illustrations. ( )

Come watch these ducks and learn about opposites. These ducks will demonstrate some of the common opposites we use or experience daily. These cute ducks show the readers what is up and down by looking at the direction and also express happy and sad by jumping and crying. This is a great board book for young readers to learn about opposites with these cute ducks. With only one word on each page and displaying the opposite words side by side, the readers will know what opposites are by the end of the book.

The illustrations are simply beautiful. The oil paintings of the four ducks are vivid and the readers will be captivated by their actions. The illustrations go hand in hand with the words and just by looking at the illustration, the readers will know what the word is referring to.

This book is great for libraries or classrooms alike and it can be used as an example to teach the readers about opposites. ( )

Using well drawn illustrations, Tad Hills is able to illustrate the concept of opposites. The cute little ducks learn the difference between up and down. The little ducks tackle concepts such as happy and sad with a little tear in its eye. The little ducks all come together at the end of the book with the difference between awake and asleep, a happy ending.

This cute little book was very well illustrated and built. What's up, Duck will keep the attention of the beginning reader. I was personally charmed by the drawings of ducklings. This book kept my son's attention all the way through the nine pages. The vibrant colors and spare drawing style center the focus of the reader on the subject at hand.

This book is very useful to the beginning reader who is learning to sound out and use words. In a classroom this book could be used to help the children brainstorm about more opposites, such as light and dark, open and closed and help reinforce the concept of opposites. The illustrations of opposites could also help in classroom management because of the drawings of quiet and loud, front and back. If this book was introduced into the classroom early enough, it could be used throughout the year to help very young children learn about going to the front of the classroom, or the back, how to keep the voice quiet and when it's nap time, time for sleep. ( )

good book for little kids, to show the opposites of something ( )

Reviewed by Me for Kids @ TeensReadToo.com

As a huge fan of Tad Hills and his Duck and Goose characters, WHAT'S UP, DUCK? was an absolute delight!

At only twenty-two sturdy board pages, this is a perfect first reader, but it's also a great book to read with your toddler.

Along with the typical opposites of up, down and slow, fast, there are also my favorites -- clean, dirty and heavy, light.

The illustrations are what make this book a winner, and the absolute perfection of Duck and Goose are not to be missed. ( )