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Barcode30293102394942
StatusIn Processing
LocationClark County
Call NoE W
TitleThe duck can't sleep / by E. B. White ; foreword by Martha White ; art by Melissa Sweet.
AuthorWhite, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985, author.
CollectionJF Easy Picture
Total Circ0
NumReserves0
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LocationBarcodeCall NoCreated OnIssue NameCirc StatusTemp Loc
Clark County30293102394942E W9/19/2026 In Processing 

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780063304291 (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 0063304295 (hardcover)
Personal Name White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985, author.
Title Statement The duck can't sleep / by E. B. White ; foreword by Martha White ; art by Melissa Sweet.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2026.
Physical Description 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
General Note Originally published in The New Yorker in 1928 under the title "Natura in Urbe."
Summary, Etc. "How surprised I was to see a duck as wide awake as me. Long past bedtime, two creatures sleeplessly wander around and around the reservoir in New York's Central Park. What woes and wonders keep them awake so late? Long past bedtime, two creatures sleeplessly wander around and around the reservoir in New York's Central Park. What woes and wonders keep them awake so late? Based on a poem originally published in The New Yorker by the legendary author E.B. White, and marvelously illustrated by two-time Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet, the book you hold is a love letter to nature in unlikely places, a testament to the power of imagination, and a balm to restless readers everywhere."-- from back cover.
Target Audience Note Pre-K to 3.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Ducks Juvenile fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Night Juvenile fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Insomnia Juvenile fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term Central Park (New York, N.Y.) Juvenile fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Picture books.
Added Entry, Personal Name Sweet, Melissa, 1956- illustrator.
Added Entry, Personal Name White, Martha, 1954 December 18- writer of foreword.

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