Dick the Delightful Duck by Kaye Umansky & illustrated by Ben Mantle
Picture Book Award 2024 shortlister:
Even the most delightful ducks can have a bad day . .
What’s the matter with Dick the Duck? He’s usually so kind and friendly!
But today Dick got out on The Wrong Side of Bed. He feels humpy and grumpy, cranky and cross. Not delightful at all!
Luckily Dick’s friends rally round, shower him with kindness – and restore him to his usual delightful self!
This magnificently funny rhyming story shows that even the most delightful ducks can have a bad day. (And that’s totally OK!
Published by Scholastic
About the author
Kaye Umansky is one of the UK’s best-loved children’s authors. She is a brilliant comic writer, and the award-winning creator of the bestselling PONGWIFFY fiction series. She is also the author of NAUGHTY NAUGHTY MONSTER, I DON’T LIKE GLORIA and THE VILLAIN’S VERSION.
Kaye lives in London with her husband and two cats.
www.kayeumansky.com | Twitter: @KayeUmansky
About the illustrator
Ben Mantle has won many awards and widespread acclaim. Having originally trained as an animator, he creates fabulously expressive characters that really leap off the page.
Ben is the brilliant illustrator of THE THREE LITTLE PIGS AND THE BIG BAD BOOK, THERE WAS AN OLD DRAGON WHO SWALLOWED A KNIGHT, BUNNIES ON THE BUS and FROG VS TOAD.
Ben lives in Leamington Spa.
Twitter: @BenMMantle | Instagram @benmantleillo
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