"Make Way for Ducklings"

As I was looking through childhood books with my friend at her house, I thought this would be the best because it kind of relates to Easter in the since that the ducks are the main characters and because the story is about them. This book by Robert McCloskey was awarded the Caldecott Medal as "The most distinguished American picture book for children" in the year it was published according to the title page. The illustrations were pretty impressive indeed. The pictures were black and white, antique looking, and very simple yet very detailed. I imagine the pictures were black and white because most t.v and movies were in black and white at the time the book was published. I liked this story a lot. It was cute how the parents made sure they had a nice, safe home for their children before even laying the eggs. And once they were born, they took care of them and taught them many things just like any good parents would. I thought it was also kind of interesting how the father duck wasn't as involved and present in the story as the mother duck (like we have seen in most of the fairy tales we've read). However, in the end the father not being there through a majority of the story is somewhat forgotten because he is waiting for the mother duck and the baby ducks on the little island.