by Greg Pizzoli (Author)
From Geisel Award-winning author Greg Pizzoli comes a hilarious picture book about a duck who learns just how lucky she is.
Susan the duck has the worst luck. Her roller skates are two sizes too big. She's lost her favorite marble. And she's run out of pickles. But with each unfortunate discovery, Wolf shows up with a gift she's won. Her luck has turned around . . . hasn't it? Come see just how lucky Susan is, in this slyly funny story about finding luck when you least expect it.
Geisel Award-winning creator Greg Pizzoli delivers another rib-tickling picture book that will have kids howling with laughter.
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Susan the duck, cartooned by Pizzoli in crisp black lines filled with sherbet-hued greens, oranges, and pinks, is experiencing a streak of rotten luck. The roller skates she ordered are too big, an inconveniently situated light bulb burns out, her pickle jar is empty, she can't find her favorite marble, and hornets are nesting in a tree outside her window. But amid these unfortunate events, all witnessed by a tiny insect in Susan's home, glimmers of good luck abound when a formally dressed wolf starts dropping by, bearing various elements needed for soup ("You have won this fabulous pot!... And now you have won these wonderful onions!"). Readers will guess at the wolf's motives long before a reveal that duck soup is on the menu, but an elaborate narrative turn offers high comedy--and bad luck turned good--as Susan's previous perceived misfortunes become instrumental in driving the wolf away. Offering soup for thought about using luck as a lens to make sense of the world, it's a briskly told story whose baddie's comeuppance is reminiscent of Home Alone. Final art not seen by PW. Ages 3-7. (Feb.)
Copyright 2023 Publishers Weekly, LLC Used with permission."I"A briskly told story whose baddie's comeuppance is reminiscent of Home Alone." —Publishers Weekly
"This picture book invites a read-aloud or solo read for a stronger reader....will have kids giggling in relief." —The Bulletin