A story based on a true rescue traces the adventures of a duck family that is separated when the ducklings fall through the slats of the town's storm drain and are saved by three firemen who return them to their mother, in a tale illustrated by a Christopher Award-winning artist.

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised by the Florida Book Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Colorado Book Award. It also was recognised in the Primary School category by the Volunteer State Book Award. It was recognised in the Primary School category by the Virginia Readers Choice Award. Also it was recognised in the Grades K-3 category by the Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award. It was recognised in the Ages 0-7 Years category by the Capitol Choices Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Parents' Choice Award. It was recognised in the Grades K-1 category by the Alabama Camellia Award. It was recognised in the Preschool category by the Nappa Gold Award.

This book is aimed at the following children: preschool , primary school .

This book has been graded for interest at 5-7 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2013 by Scholastic US .

Nancy Carpenter is the acclaimed illustrator of Fannie in the Kitchen, as well as Masai and I, Sitti's Secrets, and Loud Emily, among other books. She lives with her husband, daughter, and cat in Brooklyn, New York. Eva Moore has been writing and editing children's books for more than forty years. She is the beloved author of many popular books, and lives in Montauk, New York. A graduate of New York City's prestigious Cooper Union Art School, accomplished artist and calligrapher Don Bolognese went on to teach art there and at New York University, Pratt Institute, as well as at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's medieval museum, the Cloisters. He has illustrated more than 90 books for children, many of which he wrote himself; on many others, he has collaborated with his wife, the author and illustrator Elaine Raphael.