Claude Clement (1) (1946–)

This is a story of a family of groundhogs who are trying to get their baby to sleep. They employ a number of animals to help with this task. It shows how if a community works together, that anything can be accomplished. This book is a great show of illustrations. It uses colored pencils and different tactics to show the weather. For example, colored pencil dashes that make it look like the wind is actually blowing. It makes the animals look soft and fuzzy and the night look cold and dry. It does a great job, and the images are well drawn. Children's Lit and Illustrations.… (meer)

This book was very informative for young readers. The age range for readers I think should be higher than their targeted age range. The illustrations were helpful to guide the reader through the text. I liked how the book went through multiple animals and not just ducklings on their living habitat and what they eat. The end of the book has a great informative section on just ducks and their characteristics. I didn't like amount of text per page. I think that would be too much for a K-2nd grade reader even though that seems to be their targeted age.… (meer)