Arnold of the Ducks

by Mordicai Gerstein

Book Overview

Available again! Caldecott Medal winner Mordicai Gerstein's first picture book is even more whimsical and enchanting in its new edition than it was when it was first published twenty-five years ago. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064430804
• ISBN13: 9780064430807
• Release Date: March 1985
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Best children's book EVER

This is a sweet, smart, funny book that is unfortunately out of print. Get it if you can!

I agree that this story should be better known

I agree with the person up above who said she is amazed that this story isn't better known. I picked it up at a book sale when my kids were already pretty big, so it's not one we read over and over, but it's one that always touches me very deeply. It's a beautiful story.

You've Gotta Read It!

It amazes me how little known this masterpeice of storytelling is. I first read (and reread, and reread again) the book when I was in the second or third grade, and it always left me filled with a sense of wonder. The art is beautiful, and the story is told in simple, quiet, straightforward language that makes it almost, very nearly, possible to believe it's really true, despite the fantastical happenings.

Mordicai Gerstein's First Book!

Loosly based on the story of the Wild Child of Averon, Arnold is raised by wild ducks.His adoptive human parents teach him how to be a human child, how to go to school.A poignant story, with beutiful, energetic illustrations.