Books

Andersen, H. C. __The Ugly Duckling.__ New York: Greenwillow Books, 1985. An ugly and unloved duckling turns out to be a beautiful swan. Pinkney, Jerry. __The Ugly Duckling.__ New York: Morrow Junior Books, 1999. An ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by the other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan. Emberley, Rebecca. __Chicken Little.__ New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2009. A retelling of the classic story of Chicken Little, who has an acorn fall on his head and runs in a panic to his friends Henny Penny, Lucky Ducky, and Loosey Goosey, to tell them the sky is falling. Paterson, Katherine. __The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks.__ New York: Lodestar Books, 1990. A pair of mandarin ducks, separated by a cruel lord who wishes to possess the drake for his colorful beauty, reward a compassionate couple who risk their lives to reunite the ducks. Prokofiev, Sergey. __Peter and the Wolf.__ New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2008. Retells the orchestral fairy tale in which a boy ignores his grandfather's warnings and captures a wolf with the help of a bird, a duck, and a cat. Arnosky, Jim. __Watching Water Birds.__ Washington, DC: National Geographic Society;1997. Provides a personal look at various species of fresh- and saltwater birds, including loons and grebes, mergansers, mallards, wood ducks, Canada geese, gulls, and herons. McMillan, Bruce. __Days of the Ducklings.__ Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Drifa, a young woman from Iceland, spends the summer of 1999 trying to reestablish a colony of wild common eider ducks on the island of Hvallatur. Beer, Amy-Jane. __Mallard Ducks.__ Danbury, CT : Grolier, 2008. Presents an introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior and habitats of mallards. Brenner, Barbara. __Chibi : a True Story from Japan.__ New York : Clarion Books, c1996. A true story of a family of ducks living in the Mitsui Office Park and Imperial Gardens in Japan, that had many people interested and watching them. Gibbons, Gail. __Ducks!__ New York: Holiday House, 2001. Text and illustrations provide information about ducks, examining their physical characteristics, and discussing how they swim, eat, dive, communicate, build nests, and raise their ducklings. Scheunemann, Pam. __Ducks Quack!__ Edina, MN: ABDO Publishing, 2009. Introduces readers to ducks in their natural habitat. Wexo, John Bonnett. __Ducks, Geese & Swans.__ Mankato, Minn.: Creative Education, 1989. An introduction to the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of ducks, geese, and swans. Goldin, Augusta R. __Ducks Don't Get Wet.__ New York: HarperCollins, 1999. Describes the behavior of different kinds of ducks and, in particular, discusses how all ducks use preening to keep their feathers dry. Short, Mayo. __Andy and the Wild Wood Ducks.__ pap. Glendale, CA: Bowmar, 1959. Flack, Marjorie. __Angus and the ducks.__ New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997, 1930. A curious Scottish terrier decides to investigate the strange noise coming from the other side of the hedge. McCloskey, Robert. __Make Way for Ducklings.__ New York: Viking Press/Puffin, 1999, 1941. A family of mallard ducks searches for a new home in Boston. __ DVD: Make Way for Ducklings: More Delightful Duck Stories. __ New York: distributed by New Video, 2008. Six animated and iconographic stories about ducks and their adventures. Capucilli, Alyssa Satin. __Biscuit Finds a Friend.__ New York: HarperCollins, 1997. Biscuit meets a lost duckling. George, Jean Craighead. __Goose and Duck.__ New York: Harpercollins, 2008. A young boy becomes the "mother" to a goose, who becomes "mother" to a duck, as they learn about the rhythms of nature together. Hayes, Geoffrey. __The Night of the Circus Monsters.__ New York: Random House, 1996. Ducky Doodle loves sea monsters so much that he fails to recognize a crook when Doctor Ocular's Sea Monster Circus comes to Boogle Bay. Hayes, Geoffrey. __The Treasure of the Lost Lagoon.__ New York: Random House, 1991. Ducky Doodle realizes the true value of his friends Otto and Uncle Tooth when Sid Rat tries to cheat him. Hoff, Syd. __Duncan the Dancing Duck.__ New York: Clarion, 1994. An irrepressible dancing duck leaves his pond to find fame in the big city, but after receiving a Golden Duck Award he only wants to return to his family. Minarik, Else Holmelund. __Little Bear's Friend.__ New York: Harper & Row, 1960. Little Bear makes friends with a little girl and introduces her to his friends Owl, Hen, Cat, and Duck with ducklings. Thiele, Colin. __Farmer Schulz's Ducks.__ New York: Harper & Row, 1986. After the growing traffic from the nearby city turns the road next to their Australian farm into a dangerous highway, Farmer Schulz's youngest daughter Anna solves the problem of how to get her family's ducks safely across the road every day. Wiseman, Bernard. __Quick Quackers.__ Champaign, Ill. : Garrard Pub. Co. 1979. A communication gap exists between three ducks and a baby parrot who has trouble pronouncing the letter "r". Walker-Hodge, Judith. __Animal Hospital__. New York: DK Pub, 1999. When two children find an injured duck and take it to a veterinarian at an animal hospital, they learn about the work of the hospital and of the doctor as she cares for the duck and other animals. Clymer, Susan. __Scrawny the Classroom Duck.__ New York: Scholastic, 1991. From the moment the duck Scrawny was born in John's third grade classroom, he liked John best. Now everybody expects John to save Scrawny whenever he is in trouble--which is most of the time. King-Smith, Dick. __Funny Frank.__ New York: Knopf : 2001. Gertie the hen is appalled when her son Frank wants to swim with the ducks, but Jemima and her mother, the farmer's wife, make him a special outfit so that his dream can come true. Mitchard, Jacquelyn. __Rosalie, My Rosalie: the Tale of a Duckling.__ New York: HarperCollins, 2005. A nine-year-old girl named Henry, who lovingly cares for her pet duckling Rosalie, faces a difficult decision after Rosalie grows to adulthood. Waddell, Martin. __Farmer duck__. Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press, 1992. When a kind and hardworking duck nearly collapses from overwork, while taking care of a farm because the owner is too lazy to do so, the rest of the animals get together and chase the farmer out of town. Winthrop, Elizabeth. __Bear and Mrs. Duck.__ New York: Holiday House, 1988. Once he overcomes his initial fear, Bear has fun playing with his new baby sitter, Mrs. Duck. Sturges, Philemon. __The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza.__ New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1999. In this version of the traditional tale, the duck, the dog, and the cat refuse to help the Little Red Hen make a pizza but do get to participate when the time comes to eat it. Alborough, Jez. __Duck in the Truck.__ New York: HarperCollins, 2000. Duck's truck gets stuck in mud and other animals try to help him. Alborough, Jez. __Fix-It Duck.__ New York: HarperCollins, 2002. Duck's attempts to deal with various minor disasters only lead to more problems. Berry, Lynne. __Duck Tents.__ New York: Henry Holt and Co., 2009. While on a camping trip, five little ducks pitch tents, go fishing, toast marshmallows around a campfire, and face frightening night noises. Carle, Eric. __10 Little Rubber Ducks.__ New York: HarperCollins, 2005. Chen, Zhiyuan. __Guji Guji.__ La Jolla, CA: Kane/Miller Book Publishers, 2004. Guji Guji, a crocodile hatched and raised by a mother duck, must come up with a plan to save his family when a trio of bad crocodiles try to convince him to serve up his relatives for their dinner. Cooper, Helen. __A Pipkin of Pepper.__ New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 2005. While making pumpkin soup, three friends discover they have no salt and go to the city to buy some, but while Cat and Squirrel head straight to the salt store, Duck pauses at a pepper shop, then fears he will never see his friends again. Cronin, Doreen. __Duck for President.__ New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2004. When Duck gets tired of working for Farmer Brown, his political ambition eventually leads to his being elected President. Cronin, Doreen. __Giggle, Giggle, Quack.__ New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2002. When Farmer Brown goes on vacation, leaving his brother Bob in charge, Duck makes trouble by changing all his instructions to notes the animals like much better. Delton, Judy. __Bear and Duck on the Run.__ Niles, Il: A. Whitman, 1984. Duck tries to get Bear to join him in running everyday, but Bear is very uncooperative. Delton, Judy. __Duck Goes Fishing.__ Niles, Ill: A. Whitman, 1983. Disaster-prone Duck joins Owl and Fox on their fishing trip. Delton, Judy. __A Pet for Duck and Bear.__ Niles, Ill: A. Whitman, 1982. Duck and Bear find out that the best gift to give to a friend is not necessarily the very thing you'd like yourself. Delton, Judy. __Two Good Friends.__ New York: Crown Publishers, 1974. Duck has an immaculate house but doesn't like to cook. Bear likes to cook but has a messy house. So the two friends share their talents. Delton, Judy. __Two is Company.__ New York: Crown Publishers, 1976. Bear becomes jealous when Duck, his best friend, makes friends with Chipmunk, who is new in the neighborhood. Ellis, Anne Leo. __Dabble Duck.__ New York: Harper & Row, 1984. A lonesome pet duck finally solves her own problem by befriending a bedraggled dog. Flack, Marjorie. __Angus and the Ducks.__ New York: Doubleday, 1930. A curious Scottish terrier decides to investigate the strange noise coming from the other side of the hedge. Flack, Marjorie. __The Story about Ping.__ New York: Puffin Books, 1977. Presents a children's story about a little duck named Ping who experienced many adventures when he didn't come back to his boat in time. Fleming, Candace. __When Agnes Caws.__ 1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1999. When eight-year-old Agnes Peregrine, an accomplished birdcaller, travels with her parents to the Himalayas in search of the elusive pink-headed duck, she encounters a dastardly foe. Gay, Marie-Louise. __When Stella was very, very small.__ Toronto: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2009. When she was small Stella saw the world through her imagination, from hearing trees talk about holding up the sky, to seeing words as ants running off a page, to racing rubber ducks in her bathtub. Gerstein, Mordicai. __Arnold of the Ducks.__ New York: Roaring Brook Press, 2010, 1983. As a toddler Arnold is whisked away by a pelican, left in a nest of newly hatched ducklings, and raised as a fellow duck until he is finally reunited with his parents. Gerstein, Mordicai. __Follow me!__ New York: Morrow, 1983. A herd of hungry ducks, along with two geese, become completely lost while trying to find their way home for dinner. Each bird is of a different color. Ginsburg, Mirra. __Across the stream.__ New York: Puffin Books, 1985, 1982. A hen and three chicks are saved from a bad dream by a duck and three ducklings. Gravett, Emily. __The odd egg.__ New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009. Duck is trying to hatch the oddest egg of all. Hest, Amy. __Guess who, Baby Duck!__ 1st ed. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2004. On a rainy day when Baby Duck is sick with a cold, her grandfather cheers her up by showing her family photographs. Horner, John R. __Maia: a dinosaur grows up.__ Philadelphia, Pa.: Courage Books, 1987. A baby duckbilled dinosaur living eighty million years ago on the North American continent leaves her mother's nest, forages for food, evades predators, mates, and produces a family of her own. Hutchins, Pat. __We're going on a picnic!__ New York: Greenwillow Books, 2002. Hen, Duck, and Goose go on a picnic but have trouble deciding where to stop and eat. James, Simon. __Little One Step.__ Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2003. As three duckling brothers cross forest and field to return to their mother, the older ones encourage the youngest by teaching him a game that earns him the name of Little One Step. Lear, Edward. __Edward Lear's the duck & the kangaroo.__ New York: Greenwillow Books, 2009. Duck overcomes "cold feet" and asks if he can ride with Kangaroo as Kangaroo hops around the world, with the two becoming inseparable friends. McKissack, Pat. __The ugly little duck.__ Chicago : Childrens Press, 1986. An easy-to-read retelling of the fairy tale in which an ugly duckling spends an unhappy year ostracized by other animals before he grows into a beautiful swan. Murphy, Mary. __I kissed the baby!__ Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2003. A group of animals shares its excitement over the arrival of a new duckling. Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. __Ducks disappearing.__ New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1997. Willie solves the mystery of the disappearing ducklings and involves the motel staff in the rescue operation by telling them that the ducks belong to everyone. Nedwidek, John. __Ducks don't wear socks.__ New York: Viking, 2008. Emily, a serious girl, meets a duck who helps her see the more humorous side of life. Numeroff, Laura Joffe. __Dogs don't wear sneakers.__ New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1993. In a child's imagination, animals do wacky things, including ducks riding bikes, yaks skiing, and fish eating bagels. Palatini, Margie. __Earthquack!__ New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2002. When Chucky Ducky feels the earth beneath him grumble and rumble, he runs to alert the other barnyard animals to the coming earthquake, but just as a wily weasel is about to take advantage of their fears, the true source of the rumbling is revealed. Potter, Beatrix. __The tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck.__ New York: Derrydale Books; 1992. Relates how the barnyard collie and pups rescued Jemima Puddle-Duck from the fox's cooking pot. Reiser, Lynn. __The surprise family.__ New York: Greenwillow Books, 1994. A baby chicken accepts a young boy as her mother and later becomes a surrogate mother for some ducklings that she has hatched. Rosenthal, Amy Krouse. __Duck! Rabbit!__ San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2009. Two unseen characters argue about whether the creature they are looking at is a rabbit or a duck. Simmons, Jane. __Daisy and the monster__. New York: Scholastic, 2000. Yellow Tape. Daisy the duckling looks all over the farm for the monster, but finds a surprise instead. Stevenson, James. __Howard.__ New York: Greenwillow Books, 1980. Because he has missed the annual migration, Howard the duck spends the winter in New York City. Stott, Dorothy M. __Too much.__ New York: Dutton, 1990. Little Duck searches for the perfect place to swim. Stott, Dorothy M. __Little Duck's bicycle ride.__ New York: Dutton Children's Books, 1991. Little Duck encounters many obstacles on his bicycle ride. Tafuri, Nancy. __Have you seen my duckling?__ New York: Greenwillow Books, 1984. A mother duck leads her brood around the pond as she searches for one missing duckling. Urbanovic, Jackie. __Duck and cover.__ New York, NY: HarperCollins, 2009. Irene and her menagerie of pets, including Max the duck, take in an alligator who has run away from the zoo, in spite of grave concerns about his voracious appetite. Wildsmith, Brian. __The little wood duck.__ London: Oxford University Press, 1972. Although the other animals tease him because he can only swim in circles, a baby duck becomes a hero when his manner of swimming saves him from a hungry fox. Willems, Mo. __The pigeon finds a hot dog!__ New York: Hyperion Books for Children, 2004. Pigeon learns about sharing when a curious duckling keeps asking questions about the hot dog Pigeon has found. Yabuuchi, Masayuki. __Whose footprints?__ New York: Philomel Books, 1985. Depicts the footprints of a duck, cat, bear, horse, hippopotamus, and goat. Leonard, Marcia. __Little duck finds a friend.__ New York: Bantam, 1984. Young readers become a little duck and choose which adventure to follow to the story's very happy ending. Roy, Ron. __Three ducks went wandering.__ New York: Clarion, 1979. Blind luck protects three little ducks when they venture out of the barnyard. Dunn, Judy. __The little duck.__ New York: Random House, 1976. Easy-to-read text and photographs follow the growth of a duck from incubation to adulthood. Molleson, Diane. __How ducklings grow.__ New York: Scholastic, 1993. Photographs and text teach young readers about how ducklings grow from the time their mother builds her nest until they are ready to lay eggs of their own. Martin, Ann. __Baby-sitters Karen's ducklings.__ Quackenbush, Robert M. __Rickshaw to horror.__ Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1984. Miss Mallard, the world-famous duck detective, visits Hong Kong, where she encounters a retired English military duck who seems to have the power to predict disasters. Quackenbush, Robert M. __Stage door to terror : a Miss Mallard mystery.__ Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1985. In Paris to visit an old friend, Miss Mallard becomes involved in one of the most terrifying cases of her career centering around the disappearance of her friend's granddaughter and the long-ago theft of a fabulous jewel. Quackenbush, Robert M. __Stairway to doom : a Miss Mallard mystery.__ Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1983. As one of thirteen guests invited to historic Duckinbill Castle to hear the will of her late great-aunt, Miss Mallard finds the other guests have disappeared overnight and it is up to her to solve the mystery. Quackenbush, Robert M. __Surfboard to peril: a Miss Mallard mystery.__ Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1986. While surfing in Hawaii, world-famous Miss Mallard launches into one of her most dangerous cases, one which involves the ownership of sacred land and leads to kidnapping, mistaken identities, bribery, blackmail, and death-defying chases. Quackenbush, Robert M. __Taxi to intrigue: a Miss Mallard mystery.__ Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1984. On the seat of a London taxi Miss Mallard, the duck detective, finds a knitting bag containing secret plans for a new high-powered missile. Quackenbush, Robert M. __Texas trail to calamity: a Miss Mallard mystery.__ New York: Prentice-Hall Books for Young Readers, 1986. When her horse runs away with her across the desert, Miss Mallard, the famous ducktective, finds herself at a forbidding ranch where she must spend the night despite mysterious warnings about her safety. Roy, Ron, 1940-. __The quicksand question.__ 1st ed. New York : Random House, 2002. When someone steals the money the town has been collecting to help the ducks, Josh and his friends try to find the thief.
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