The Duck Can't Sleep

Name: The Duck Can't Sleep
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: E. B. White
ISBN: 9780063304314

Author: E. B. White

Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner, Martha White

Unabridged: TBD

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Quill Tree Books

Published: 09/01/2026

Categories: Children's Fiction, Animal Stories, Bedtime Stories, Children's Poetry

Synopsis

Even the most restless reader will find peace and quiet in this breathtakingly illustrated book about the magic of nature, nighttime, and a duck who can’t sleep, based on a poem by the renowned E.B. White which was published in The New Yorker in 1928 and now appears for the first time in book form, with a foreword read by E. B. White’s granddaughter Martha White.
How surprised I was to seeA duck as wide awake as me.Long past bedtime, two creatures sleeplessly wander around and around the reservoir in New York’s Central Park. What woes and wonders keep them awake so late?Based on a poem originally published in The New Yorker by the legendary author E.B. White, and marvelously illustrated by two-time Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet, the book you hold is a love letter to nature in unlikely places, a testament to the power of imagination, and a balm to restless readers everywhere.

About E. B. White

E. B. White, the author of such beloved classics as Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan, was born in Mount Vernon, New York. He graduated from Cornell University in 1921 and, five or six years later, joined the staff of the New Yorker magazine, then in its infancy. He died on October 1, 1985, at his home in Maine.Mr. White's essays have appeared in Harper's magazine, and some of his other books are: One Man's Meat, The Second Tree from the Corner, Letters of E. B. White, Essays of E. B. White, and Poems and Sketches of E. B. White. He won countless awards, including the 1971 National Medal for Literature and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, which commended him for making a ""substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.""During his lifetime, many young readers asked Mr. White if his stories were true. In a letter written to be sent to his fans, he answered, ""No, they are imaginary tales . . . But real life is only one kind of life—there is also the life of the imagination.""

About Martha White

Martha White, granddaughter of E. B. White, is a writer and editor who lives on the coast of Maine. A longtime contributing editor to Yankee Publishing and The Old Farmer's Almanac, she compiled two weekly columns for United Feature Syndicate for many years and published Traditional Home Remedies (in 1997). Her articles and essays have been published in the New York Times; the Christian Science Monitor; Early American Life; Family Circle; Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors; and numerous other national magazines and small presses.

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