cover image Quick Duck!

Quick Duck!

Mary Murphy. Candlewick, $6.99 (16p) ISBN 978-0-7636-6022-2

A wide-eyed and enthusiastic yellow duck takes center stage in this unstuffy introduction to prepositions. “Quick, Duck! Out of the mud! Quick, Duck! Under the hedge!” writes Murphy, as her tiny hero, outlined in thick black ink and painted in bright watercolor, makes its way past flowers, through reeds, and over stones to meet its family for a swim. A companion book, Slow Snail, which is available simultaneously, tackles the same concept (at a slower pace). Ages 1–3. (Feb.)