cover image Baby Duck and the Cozy Blanket

Baby Duck and the Cozy Blanket

Amy Hest. Candlewick Press (MA), $10.99 (14pp) ISBN 978-0-7636-1582-6

The star of You're the Boss, Baby Duck and more is back in Baby Duck and the Cozy Blanket by Amy Hest, illus. by Jill Barton, whose fuzzy yellow tummy peeks out of the cut-away cover. Inside, little ones can touch the ""sticky jam"" that has soiled the blanket then put it in the ""straw basket"" on washing day. The newly cleaned ""cozy blanket"" is ready for cuddling up with in the end. ( Feb.)