Saturday, April 11, 2020

Swim, Swim, Sink by Jenn Harney - OPTIONAL

Swim, Swim, Sink by Jenn Harney. PICTURE BOOK Disney Hyperion, 2020.  $13.  9781368052764

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) – OPTIONAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

Three ducklings are born and quickly learn the ways of their mother.  Two of the ducks take to swimming, but the third duckling keeps sinking.  After trying many different ways to be able to swim, the duckling grabs his shell, dresses like a pirate and uses his shell as a boat to follow his mom.

The illustrations in this book are bright and appealing with cute duckling facial expressions.  I was interested to see how the duckling would solve his swimming problem, but the addition of the pirate outfit seemed random.  Overall, it is a good message about persistence and creativity but nothing over the top new or spectacular.

Reviewer, C. Peterson

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