Duck & Goose

By Tad Hills

Hardcover

Published on Jan 24, 2006 | 40 Pages

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Audiobook Download

Published on Jun 28, 2022 | 0 Hours 9 Minutes

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Ebook

Published on Jul 27, 2010 | 40 Pages

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Grades Preschool – 3
Ages 4–8

Honk and quack with these unlikely feathered friends as they explore the highs and lows of friendship! Now an animated series, available to stream on Apple TV+!

Meet Duck and Goose, two young birds who mistake a polka-dot ball for an egg and have to master the art of cooperation—and sharing—to take care of it. But friendship is not always easy, as proved in this funny, accessible story. Young readers will instantly recognize themselves in these adorable and eternally optimistic characters. And this beautiful keepsake edition features extra content from the author on how to draw Duck & Goose.

“Charming, funny, simple, and surprising. . . . Hills is master of the light comic touch.”—The Boston Globe

Bestseller

Award Winner

Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, December 12, 2005:
"Hills’ feathered heroes enact a dialogue familiar to anyone who has negotiated with siblings or playground rivals."

Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, December 15, 2005:
"Every artistic decision underscores the humor with deft mastery ... Readers will hope to see more of this adorable couple."

Review, Parents Magazine, March 2009:
“The title characters have a big fight over a giant egg. When it turns out to be a ball, they learn to play with it together.”

ISBN 9798217224777 (Hardcover)
Published on Feb 16, 2027
Published by Random House Studio
Pages 32
Dimensions 8 x 9
Age Range 4-8 years
Grade Preschool - 3
Reading Level Lexile: AD630L | Fountas/Pinnell: L

ISBN 9780593631959 (Audiobook Download)
Published on Jun 28, 2022
Published by Listening Library
Age Range 3-7 years
Grade Preschool - 2
Reading Level Lexile: AD630L | Fountas/Pinnell: L

ISBN 9780307938268 (Enhanced Ebook)
Published on Nov 15, 2010
Published by Random House Studio
Pages 40
Age Range 3-7 years
Grade Preschool - 2
Reading Level Lexile: AD630L | Fountas/Pinnell: L

ISBN 9780375989209 (Ebook)
Published on Jul 27, 2010
Published by Schwartz & Wade
Pages 40
Age Range 3-7 years
Grade Preschool - 2
Reading Level Lexile: AD630L | Fountas/Pinnell: L

ISBN 9780375836114 (Hardcover)
Published on Jan 24, 2006
Published by Random House Studio
Pages 40
Dimensions 9 x 10
Age Range 3-7 years
Grade Preschool - 2
Reading Level Lexile: AD630L | Fountas/Pinnell: L

Tad Hills

Tad Hills is the #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of the Rocket and Duck & Goose series, including the New York Times bestselling picture books How Rocket Learned to Read; Rocket Writes a Story; R Is for Rocket; Duck & Goose; Duck, Duck, Goose; Duck & Goose Go to the Beach; and Duck & Goose, Honk! Quack! Boo! He also created various board books in these series, including Rocket’s Mighty Words; Duck & Goose Find a Pumpkin; the ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book What’s Up, Duck?: A Book of Opposites; Duck & Goose: Here Comes the Easter Bunny!; and several Step Into Reading titles, including Drop It, Rocket! and Rocket’s 100th Day of School.

The Boston Globe declared Hills’s work “charming, funny, simple, and surprising” and dubbed him “a master of the light comic touch.”

Tad lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife, two children, and his real-life dog, Rocket, who has not yet learned to read.

Visit Tad online at tadhills.com, and follow him on Twitter at @tadhills.