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Ready for Anything

Duck arrives at Raccoon’s house eager to go on the picnic they’ve planned, but Raccoon has changed his mind. They could be attacked by killer bees, fall into a river, be chased by a dragon! “AAAAAaaa!” Duck agrees that picnics are dangerous, until he starts thinking about all the nice things that could happen. There might be butterflies instead of bees; they could swim in the river; the dragon might want to play. “Trust me,” he tells Raccoon. “Nothing could go wrong on a little picnic.” That is, until Duck forgets the picnic basket. But Raccoon the worrier is ready for anything in Keiko Kasza’s warmly funny, finely paced picture book that never makes light of Raccoon’s anxieties. The fine friendship between Duck and Raccoon comes to full light in Kasza’s ebullient illustrations, which also extend the humor of her story. Highly Commended, 2010 Charlotte Zolotow Award ©2010 Cooperative Children's Book Center

Illustrated by Keiko Kasza

Format: Picture book
Subjects: Animals (Fiction) Anxiety Friendship Humor

Publisher: Putnam
Publish Year: 2009
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9780399252358

CCBC Location: Picture Book, Kasza

Ready for Anything