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Watts, Frances

A Very Quacky Christmas

40 pp. | Doubleday | September, 2020 | Trade ISBN 978-0-593-17377-0 $17.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-593-17378-7 $20.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-593-17379-4 $10.99
(2) PS Illustrated by Ann James. While Samantha Duck gets ready for Christmas, tortoise Sebastian keeps trying to persuade her that "Christmas is not for animals." But eventually her doubting friend agrees to help make presents for animals around the world. With assistance from the other farm animals ("'Giving is what animals do best,' said the cows"), Samantha and Sebastian are ready to distribute the gifts on Christmas Eve. As the repetition in Watts's story builds to its climax, viewers will gladly suspend disbelief and be convinced, like Sebastian, that their delivery cart will fly. James's relaxed-line watercolors (à la Betsy Lewin) enhance the liveliness of this endearing holiday tale.
Reviewer: Cynthia K. Ritter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2020

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