One day down on the farm, Duck got a wild idea. "I bet I could ride a bike," he thought. He waddled over to where the boy parked his bike, climbed on and began to ride. At first he rode slowly and he wobbled a lot, but it was fun! Duck rode past Cow and waved to her. "Hello, Cow!" said Duck. "Moo," said Cow. But what she thought was, "A duck on a bike? That's the silliest thing I've ever seen!"…
Henry the Duck sure gets himself into some sticky situations! Just when he thinks dinner is almost ready, he spots an ant in the house. Children and parents alike will love following disaster-prone Henry through his adventures in cooking, cleverly written and illustrated by Robert Quackenbush. Don't forget to snatch up the other three books in the Henry the Duck Series: Henry's Important Dat…
Farmer Duck is no ordinary duck. He cooks and cleans, tends the fields, and cares for the other animals on the farm — all because the farm owner is too lazy to do these things himself. But when Farmer Duck finally collapses from exhaustion, sleepy and weepy and tired, his farmyard friends come to the rescue.
An anxious mother duck leads her brood around the pond as she searches for one missing duckling.
This classic tale of the famous Mallard ducks of Boston is available for the first time in a full-sized paperback edition. Awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1942, Make Way for Ducklings has been described as "one of the merriest picture books ever" (The New York Times). Ideal for reading aloud, this book deserves a place of honor on every child's bookshelf.
It was summer in the country. All the hay had been stacked and the fields of corn were yellow. Round the edges of the fields ran deep canals and right in the middle was an old house.
It was sunny day in spring, and the river sparkled as it danced past the farmyard. A little boy saw a solitary egg lying in the rushes.
It was summer in the country. All the hay had been stacked, and the fields of wheat were yellow. Tall dock leaves grew on the banks of the canals. Among the dock leaves, on her nest, sat a duck waiting for her eggs to hatch. She had been waiting for a long time.
Here is a duck. She has lots of eggs in her nest. One by one, the little eggs crack. Out come some little ducklings.
One beautiful summer day Mrs. Duck was proudly watching her children as they played about among the leaves and grass under an old tree.