make way for ducklings by robert mccloskey

The mallards mistake the swan boat for a real bird and enjoy peanuts thrown by the people on the boat. In the morning, a swan boat passes by the mallards. Tired from their search, the mallards land at the Public Garden Lagoon to spend the night. Mallard) fly over various potential locations in New England to start a family. The White House 2003 Christmas decoration using Make Way for Ducklings as the theme To study ducks for the illustrations he visited the American Museum of Natural History in New York, conferred with an ornithologist and brought home six ducklings to his address at apartment 4C, 280 West 12th in NY city's West Village to live with him. When he returned to Boston to paint a mural he left with a rough draft for Make Way for Ducklings. Following May Massee's suggestion that he pursue additional art training, he studied for two years at the National Academy of Design. While attending the Vesper George Art School between 19, he spent time in the Public Garden feeding the ducks. In his acceptance speech, McCloskey explained his motivation for the story.

Make Way for Ducklings, published in 1941, was McCloskey's second book and was the winner of the Caldecott Medal in 1942. Praise for the book is still high over 80 years since its first publication, mainly for the enhancing illustrations and effective pacing. The book is the official children's book of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In 1991, Barbara Bush gave a duplicate of this sculpture to Raisa Gorbacheva as part of the START Treaty, and the work is displayed in Moscow's Novodevichy Park. The book's popularity led to the construction of a statue by Nancy Schön in the Public Garden of the mother duck and her eight ducklings, which is a popular destination for children and adults alike. As of 2003, the book had sold over two million copies. It won the 1942 Caldecott Medal for McCloskey's illustrations, executed in charcoal then lithographed on zinc plates.

First published in 1941 by the Viking Press, the book centers on a pair of mallards who raise their brood of ducklings on an island in the lagoon in the Boston Public Garden. Make Way for Ducklings is an American children's picture book written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey. Front cover illustration with the Caldecott Medallion

Make way for ducklings by robert mccloskey