Ducky is Claudie's special toy. All day she carries him around and at night he sleeps in a nest in her arms. When Ducky is accidentally left in the park, Claudie learns growing up can sometimes mean having to let go of the things you love the most.
Author Biography
Gillian Rubinstein is one of Australia's most successful authors. She has written over thirty books for children and teenagers as well as eight plays and many short stories. Her first novel for children, Space Demons (1986), won the 1987 Children's Literature Peace Prize and Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Award. Gillian has won the CBCA Book of the Year Award several times since: for Beyond the Labyrinth in 1989 and for Foxspell in 1994. Terry Denton has illustrated more than 100 books, 20 of which he has also written, and has won more than 25 children's choice awards.
