TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Emma Bland
AU  - Stadtlander,Becca
TI  - Mr. McCloskey's marvelous mallards: the making of Make way for ducklings 
SN  - 9781635923926
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
KW  - McCloskey, Robert,
KW  - Authors, American
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Illustrators
KW  - United States
KW  - Children's stories
KW  - Authorship
KW  - Illustration of books
KW  - Authors
KW  - Inspiration
KW  - Ducks
KW  - Creative nonfiction
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Picture books
KW  - Illustrated works
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Ages 7-10; Calkins Creek; Grades 2-5; Calkins Creek
N2  - "As soon as artist Robert McCloskey saw the ducks in Boston Public Garden, he knew he had to write about them. But how? Studying stuffed birds didn't help... As the ducklings grew, he got down on his hands and knees and followed them with pad and pencil. At times he even acted like a duck! Through revision, after revision, Robert improved the art and story, until he and his editor were finally satisfied."--
ER  -