Make Way for Ducklings

Make Way for Ducklings?is a children's?picture book?written and illustrated by?Robert McCloskey. First published in?1941, the book tells the story of a pair of?mallards?who decide to raise their family on an island in the lagoon in?Boston Public Garden, a park in the center of?Boston.

Make Way for Ducklings?won the?1942 Caldecott Medal?for McCloskey's illustrations, executed in?charcoal?then?lithographed?on?zinc?plates. As of 2003, the book had sold over two million copies.The book's popularity led to the construction of a statue by?Nancy Sch?n?in the Public Garden of the mother duck and her eight ducklings, which is a popular destination for children and adults alike. In 1991,?Barbara Bush?gave a duplicate of this sculpture to?Raisa Gorbachev?as part of the?START Treaty, and the work is displayed in Moscow's?Novodevichy Park.?

The book is the official children's book of the?Commonwealth of Massachusetts.? Praise for the book is still high over 70 years since its first publication, mainly for the enhancing illustrations and effective pacing.? It was criticised for having a loose plot, however. The book is popular worldwide.

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