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2 reviews

• Judy Parrish

  This is a sweet story, with charming illustrations, about a 4-year-old boy on his birthday, having a very special day with his family. His favourite thing is ducks; he loves them so much that he imitates them in all their actions. Yet when he asks his Daddy to join him in his birthday fun, he is temporarily disappointed. This cute story shows how little ones cope with frustrations and how family love is best of all! It is evident the author has a love for and understanding of children to accompany her creative story-telling.

• Richard Strader (Dick)

  Donna Collier Rickman’s children’s book, Dance, Daddy, Dance Like Duck, is a simple but delightful story about a four year old boy, a mechanical duck, and the love that binds extended family together. Drawing upon a real life situation that happened to her young grandson, it is obvious that Ms. Rickman is familiar with inter-generational family living as she is able to express in vivid detail the antics of a small boy, the care of a nurturing grandmother, and the joyous relationship of father and son. Children will easily relate with young Marcos as he anticipates his birthday celebration, helps his grandmother bake his cake, accompanies his aunt and uncle to the duck pond, finds his big wind-up duck birthday gift, and struggles when his daddy is too tired to play. The large uncluttered pastel drawings of this supportive Latino family make the book an easy read aloud book for adults to share with a child, and a book that small children will enjoy telling in their own words over and over again as they turn the pages by themselves and “read” the pictures aloud. Dance, Daddy, Dance Like Duck is a sensitive, believable and well written addition to children’s literature.

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