Duckie & Snaps: We Cannot Be Friends
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
The antics will have you cracking up as the newly hatched Duckie, an enthusiastic yellow duckling, and Snaps, a rather reserved green crocodile, wonder if they can be friends.
After Duckie's egg rolls into Snaps' nest, they hatch, meet, and their friendship is off to a good start -- until they are told they CANNOT be friends because crocodiles EAT tasty duckies... and Duckie is a duckie! (Nobody ever told her!) Will Snaps defend his new friend... even when HE gets hungry himself?
Join hatchlings Duckie and Snaps on their hilarious and emotion-packed adventures as this dreamer-and-doer duo explore if they CAN be friends.
Duckie & Snaps: We Cannot Be Friends is chock-full of hysterical dialogue, energetic and detailed illustrations, big kid-like personalities, and lots of zany read-aloud fun!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This tale, a series kickoff, begins when a duck egg plops into a crocodile nest, and a duckling hatches simultaneously with a baby croc. But Duckie, who sports a bright pink bow right out of the shell, is no ordinary bird. "I'm HERE!" the duckling announces, and immediately plans to befriend its nestmate, whom it dubs "Snaps." Not so fast: "We. EAT. Duckies!" interjects an adult croc wearing a bow tie ("FRIED DUCKIE, DUCKIE SMOOTHIE, DUCKIE PIE"). Duckie is ready to call off the friendship ("I DON'T WANT TO BE A PIE!"), but Snaps, convinced a relationship is possible, vehemently protests against the adult's interference—until hunger strikes and Duckie is suddenly the proverbial bird in hand. Fortuitously, a "Little. Yellow. TASTY" alternative is quickly found, and the new BFFs realize that conventional wisdom about a croc-eat-duck world is ripe for overturning. With jaunty, clear-line ink cartooning, Miller (Izzy Paints) gives the goings-on a sketch comedy feel, while Dyckman (Campingland) provides read-aloud-with-relish repartee. Ages 2–6. Author's agent: Scott Treimel, Scott Treimel NY. Illustrator's agent: Steven Malk, Writers House.
