Giggle, Giggle, Quack

Giggle, Giggle, Quack

Written by Doreen Cronin

Illustrated by Betsy Lewin

Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2002

Fantasy

32 pages

When Farmer Brown decides to go on vacation, he leaves his farm in the hands of his brother, Bob. Farmer Brown left specific instructions for Bob to keep a careful eye on Duck. However, Bob did not think too much of it. You see, Farmer Brown also left specific instructions written down for each day for his brother. However, what Bob did not expect is that Duck can write! What devious schemes will Duck come up with? What can Duck get away with while Farmer Brown is gone? Read this book to find out!

Betsy Lewin did a fantastic job creating the illustrations in Giggle, Giggle, Quack. She used brush drawings by using Winsor and Newton lamp black watercolor on tracing paper. She also did a combination of photocopying, watercolor paper, and watercolors. Altogether, Betsy helped support this funny story with her artwork. The emotions are very visible on the character’s faces within the illustrations of this book. All in all, Betsy’s hard work paid off.

I would recommend using this book in a kindergarten or first grade classroom. This book can be integrated into the classroom in three different ways. First, there are several simple onomatopoeias that can be reviewed or introduced. Secondly, this book would be great for introducing correct use of capitalization and punctuations. Then lastly, this book could be used to introduce adverbs into student’s grammar knowledge.