My Brother the Duck

Description

Fledgling scientist Stella Wells has a hypothesis to prove: Could it be that her new baby brother is a duck?

Pat Zietlow Miller is the is the award-winning picture book author of Be Kind, Sophie's Squash, Sharing the Bread, The Quickets Kid in Clarksville, and Wherever You Go, among others. Pat lives in Madison, Wisconsin, and you can find her at www.patzietlowmiller.com. Daniel Wiseman is a growing presence in children's books, having illustrated a dozen books in the past three years. Daniel lives in St Louis, Missouri, with his wife and their young son, but can also be visited at www.danieldraws.com

"[A]musing. . . This lighthearted story is a fresh take on welcoming a new sibling. Words like hypothesis, evidence, and inconclusive are used in a natural way which helps children build vocabulary. A recommended purchase for library collections."-School Library Journal "Quirky new-baby storytime fun to quack readers up. Just ducky."--Kirkus Reviews "Redheaded Stella Wells is a self-described 'fledging scientist' with a chip on her shoulder (the new sibling kind) and a hypothesis to prove: 'my baby brother might be a duck.' First-person narration by Miller (When You Are Brave) skews straightforwardly precocious, while Wiseman's (When Your Llama Needs a Haircut) round-headed cast and skillful wielding of pop-off-the-page colors (including a blazing duck yellow) exudes a cheery goodwill. However disgruntled Stella may be, her STEM skills are a model for any sibling, human or otherwise."-Publishers Weekly "Wiseman supplies appropriately sunny cartoon illustrations (with a diverse cast that is plainly all human) to a cheery episode that fits the bill nicely for readers who relate to the young investigator in Andrea Beaty's Ada Twist, Scientist (2016) and like STEM-ware."-Booklist [My Brother the Duck is] very jolly and absurdist, an original take on the new-baby 'problem' and a lighthearted introduction to the scientific method and critical thinking."-Horn Book Magazine