Author: Michael Bedard
Type: Picture book
Ages: 4-8
Rating: 4
Summary: An unusual friendship develops between a duck and an alligator. The duck tries to save his fellow duck friends in Ducktown from becoming the main course at a local restaurant.
What I enjoyed most about this book was the illustrations. The illustrations are very colorful, bright and detailed. The illustrations also contribute to the story. For example one page says, "As their friendship grew and grew, the alligator thought less and less about eating the duck. They even tried going out together but it proved to be very awkward." If you just read that sentence and did not look at the illustrations you don't understand what would be awkward about it. When you look at the illustrations, you see the duck and alligator are out to eat at a restaurant and the waiter(who is also an alligator) is holding up a sign that says "Today's Special: Duck Soup." Then it becomes clear to the reader why going out was such an awkward experience. That is what makes this a good picture book because the illustrations tell the part of the story that the words did not.
Also, after reading this book I started to do research on it and Michael Bedard. I had no idea that the book turned into a TV series all about the duck and the alligator! I thought that was pretty interesting that the book became so popular that it flourished into a TV show.
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