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Kirk Reedstrom

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USA Today-bestselling author Kirk Reedstrom studied at Centenary College of Louisiana, interned with William Joyce at Moonbot Studios, and worked as a bookseller at Blue Willow Bookshop. He created Squiggle Party (a monthly-ish newsletter of drawing and story prompts), serves as a Primetime Storyteller for the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, and has featured comic zines in Salon, Relief Journal, The Quaranzine, and All Things Considered. Reedstrom mixes his own experiences with traditional and digital mediums to create funny, chaotic characters that make people laugh. Duck & Moose is his debut graphic novel series.

 

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Duck and Moose: Moose's Bad Hair Day!

A 2026 Kids Favorite

The fourth book in a laugh-out-loud early graphic novel series perfect for fans of Narwhal and Jelly! Quiet-loving Moose's life is turned upside down by free-wheeling Duck. The two will need to put their differences aside if they're ever going to be neighbors...or friends!

Moose is having a bad hair day, so Duck offers to give his pal a haircut. Everything is going smoothly until—POP!—one of Moose’s antlers comes off mid-trim! Duck desperately tries to reattach it without Moose noticing, but nothing works, not even disguising the antler as Duck’s long-lost cousin! Can Duck find a way to fix his mistake without upsetting Moose?

Filled with zany hijinks and slapstick humor, Kirk Reedstrom's Duck and Moose series showcases unlikely friendships and the power of compromise.