A well-paced picture book, surefooted in both text and illustrations. Duck and Gander, with their comic expressions, are an endearing pair, and Schindler (Great-aunt Ida and Her Great Dane Doc) does an especially good job of reconciling the prevailing humor with the menace presented by Fox. Dappled illustrations suggest filtered sunlight and bucolic countryside, while Fox arrives in a flourish of russet. Megan Lloyd Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman, S.D. When a hungry fox hoists the motionless Gander into a boiling stew, however, friendship prevails, and Duck leaps forward to save the day. There are some who say Halloween to too scary to be taught to preschoolers. She did not fidget one feather'') to portray Duck and Gander holding firm against playful rabbits, curious crows and even a gust of wind. Silverman (Big Pumpkin) deploys lighthearted repetitions (``Duck did not move a muscle. In a hilarious spoof of the counting classic Over in the Meadow, Silverman deposits two escaped convicts in a haunted house, and then lets the inhabitants. Don't fidget a feather'') will settle the matter once and for all. One-upmanship goes toe-to-toe (or web-to-web?) with camaraderie when Duck and Gander compete for the title of ``one and only, true and forever champion of champions.'' Duck can swim faster and Gander can fly higher, but a freeze-in-place contest (``Don't move.
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