>Quack!

by Roger Sutton
Jun 18, 2007 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
>Here's the duckling story.
Roger Sutton
Roger Sutton

Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton was editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996-2021. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his MA in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a BA from Pitzer College in 1978.

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rindawriter

>LOVED the duckling story...the little things, the fragile things yet incredibly sturdy things of this world...on them so much depends! That includes picture books. IF you think about it..

Posted : Jun 23, 2007 02:20

Elizabeth

>I have a good Make Way for Ducklings story.

Years ago at Viking, we got a note from one of our reps, who had been approached with a complaint about Make Way from an irate parent. The parent complained that Mr. Mallard leaves his family for a week, and that she thought this made for a very poor role model for children. Our poor rep said "I could only offer lamely that Mr. Mallard was, after all, a duck."

Posted : Jun 19, 2007 02:37

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