Chips Quackety
by Bronwen Scott-BranaganChildren's Book Overview
AGES: 3-6 Picture Story Book, 32 colour illustrations by the author. 36 pages.
When a family of four visits the market to buy food, they fall in love with a fluffy duckling. After much cajoling, Daddy agrees to buy the duckling. To little Ellie's delight, the baby duck comes home in a shoebox.The duckling makes sounds like, "Chip, chip," so they call him Chips Quackety. Mummy, Daddy and Ellie learn to care for him, watched by baby Mandy. As Chips grows, his needs change and he gets into some scrapes. Sometimes he is lonely, but as he grows, the family looks after their pet and keeps him happy, which makes them happy, too.