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Have You Seen My Duckling?, written and illustrated by Nancy Tafuri, is a children's picture book published in 1984 by Macrae. The book tells the story of a mother duck who discovers that one of her ducklings has gone missing and frantically leads a search with her other ducklings around the pond asking their neighbors if they have seen her duckling. Through the use of soft watercolor pictures, Tafuri was able to create gentle sceneries of warm nature and wildlife. Have You Seen My Duckling received a 1985 Caldecott Medal Honor Book.

http://www.littleonebooks.com/Have-You-Seen-My-Duckling_p_1765.html

Mother Goose, is a children's picture book illustrated by Tasha Tudor. It was published by Oxford University Press in 1944. The book is composed of seventy-six traditional nursery rhymes exquisitely representing New England's past history blending black & white and colored illustrations along the rhymes. A Caldecott Medal Honor Book was presented to the talented Tasha Tudor in 1945. http://www.theworldoftashatudor.com/cgi-bin/cellardoor/articles.html?articleid=9

One Morning in Maine, written by an American writer and illustrator, John Robert McCloskey, for children's picture books. It was originally published by Viking Press in 1952. The book is set in Maine portraying a young girl, Jane, excitement for her loose tooth and disappointment for losing of her tooth in the mud. It was awarded a Caldecott Medal Honor in 1953. It is currently a wildly favored and recommended children's picture book across classrooms in preschool and elementary schools. The vividly black & white illustrations guide children to relate to common emotions and activities she encounters through the book.

Tops & Bottoms, is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Janet Stevens. It was published in 1995 by Harcourt Brace and Co. The picture book is a witty and funny tale that explains a lesson to children about understanding the value of work. Janet Stevens incorporates one's wit to show children that they can overcome their hardships. This children's picture book is filled with colorful, courageous and active animal characters roles that portray the value of hard work even when the characters are extremely lazy. Tops & Bottoms received a 1996 Caldecott Medal Honor Book.

http://www.amazon.com/Tops-Bottoms-Caldecott-Honor-Book/dp/0152928510

http://carly-ohtheplacesyoullgo.blogspot.com/2011/02/tops-and-bottoms-author-janet-stevens.html

Have You Seen My Duckling?, written and illustrated by Nancy Tafuri, is a children's picture book published in 1984 by Macrae. The book tells the story of a mother duck who discovers that one of her ducklings has gone missing and frantically leads a search with her other ducklings around the pond asking their neighbors if they have seen her duckling. Have You Seen My Duckling was the first full color picture book that Nacy Tafuri has completed in her early carrer. She had received a 1985 Caldecott Medal Honor Book award.

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This story, written and illustrated by Tafuri, is told in present tense from the mother's point of view (a first-person narrative) using only two word phrases throughout the story. Through the use of soft watercolor pictures, Tafuri was able to create gentle sceneries of warm nature and wildlife.

https://books.google.com/books?id=rBNXxJZmuOUC&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=have+you+seen+my+duckling?+written+in+point+of+view&source=bl&ots=hOotgJCu4y&sig=Xe56CbnQUupo_wCaEijCFUBzRv8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-_tvXvr7MAhWFez4KHTBWAisQ6AEIOjAG#v=onepage&q=have%20you%20seen%20my%20duckling%3F%20written%20in%20point%20of%20view&f=false

http://www.childrens-books-and-reading.com/wordless-picture-books.html

http://blog.writersmarket.com/whats-new/nancy-tafuri-lends-personal-experience-to-childrens-writing-by-robert-lee-brewer