We're Going on a Picnic!
by Pat Hutchins
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Hen, Duck, and Goose go on a picnic but have trouble deciding where to stop and eat.Tags
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A gormless goose, a hapless hen and a dozy duck have their picnic pilfered by opportunistic critters. A simple tale raised above the average by Hutchins's patented artwork.
This is a cute story about a goose, a duck, and a hen that decide to go on a picnic. They choose various fruits and put them in a basket and walk along to find a picnic spot. With every spot they come across, another says they should keep walking to find a better spot. Eventually, all their fruit is gone and they end up back at home! In the end, they pick more fruits and stop at the first place they find.
I thought this book was really adorable! And the illustrations were nice, too!
I thought this book was really adorable! And the illustrations were nice, too!
Hen,Goose, and Duck three friends decide to go on a picnic so they each pick their favorite fruit however they soon become too concerned in finding the best spot for a picnic they don't notice their picnic being stolen. This was a very silly book but it was fun to read and I can see it holding a child's interest really well.
Picnicking is fun, but finding the best spot isn't always easy. Hen, Duck, and Goose find this to be true, but they are so focused on finding the right spot they don't realize they have "company". Children will find the humor in the unexpected guests stealing their packed lunch, and will see the lengths people go to in order to compromise.
A book with reptition is usually good for younger children, but this one only has that going for it; and the pictures. The fruit going missing in the end is difficult to anticipate and only an older child will pick up on that.
"We're going on a Picnic" is a picture book that uses repetition. It's about three friends; a Hen, Goose, and Duck wanting to go on a picnic and they picked their favorite fruit to put in the basket in take with them. Each place they stopped they didn't like so they kept moving on without realizing the little squirrel behind them taken the fruit out their basket till they get home.
I did not like this book. It didn't catch my attention or spark an interest as I was reading. During the reading I hoped the story line would take off but it never did.
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Pat Hutchins was born Patricia Goundry on June 18, 1942 in Yorkshire, England. In 1958 at the age sixteen, she won a scholarship to attend the Darlington School of Art, where she studied for three years. Then she attended the Leeds College of Art, where studied illustration. After graduating in 1962, she moved to London. She worked as a junior art show more director at the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency. She met her husband there and after they were married, her husband was transferred by the advertising company to head up its New York office. While in New York, she met the editor-in-chief of the children's department at Macmillan, who encouraged her to write and illustrate her own story. Her first book, Rosie's Walk, was published in 1968 and was a 1968 ALA Notable Book. She wrote more than 40 books for young readers including Titch, Don't Forget the Bacon!, 1 Hunter, Good-Night, Owl!, and The Doorbell Rang. In 1974, The Wind Blew won the Kate Greenaway Medal. She died on November 7, 2017 at the age of 75. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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