Three-fer Reader

Well it didn't take long to find out what Jake was reading out loud next,  because it's already out.

Slipping under the radar is the news that Jake has recorded a trio of classic children's stories for the Nook.


All three are Caldecott Medal-winners by the author & illustrator Robert McCloskey.

In the official Children's Book of Massachusetts, Make Way for Ducklings, Jake reads the tale of the Mallard family of ducks living in the famed Boston Public Garden and trying to cross street with the help of a friendly policeman.

In Blueberries for Sal, it's a trip to the  Maine coast as a little girl named Sal is on a whimsical blueberry picking adventure.

And  in One Morning in Maine, it's more adventures with Sal who spends the day exploring Buck’s Harbour with her dad—and even finally loses her pesky loose tooth along the way.

There is something endearing at the thought of Jake quacking like Mrs. Mallard's ducklings, or making the kerplunk sound of the blueberries dropping in Sal's pail, and him reading the adventures of Sal and her father fishing and exploring the Maine coast.

And most endearing that there probably wasn't much practice needed for the recording, because Jake's shared these books out loud many many times already.

This project of Jake's was done so quietly it's a wonder that anyone knew he did it. Wonder why it was eased out without much fanfare?

Maybe instead those Goosey goslings are more like ducklings and maybe headed up for the Duckling Parade held every Mother's Day in Boston's Public Garden recreating the crossing the street of Mrs. Mallard and her 8 ducklings.

And don't worry about it Austin, there is a McCloskey book for you to read out loud too:

Because if you can do this about coffeecake

Then Homer Price and the donut machine shouldn't be a problem.