In Ducks, beginning readers will learn about the behaviors of ducks that live on a farm. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage early readers as they discover the range of colors ducks can be. A labeled diagram helps readers identify body parts of a duck, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more about ducks online using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites....

"A young girl finds a baby wood duck separated from his family and teaches him to swim, hunt for bugs, and how to fly. She loved him just enough so that he could find his place in nature and return to his family." -- Provided by the publisher.

A bunny finds an egg with something moving inside of it, and when a baby duck pecks his way out of the egg, the two animals become friends.

When Pigeon finds a delicious hot dog, he can hardly wait to shove the entire thing into his beak. But then ... a very sly and hungry duckling enters the scene and wants a bite. Who will be the more clever bird?

When the animals on Farmer Brown's farm are kept awake by a baby duck, his endless peeping causes unexpected mischief for Duck.

A little duck finds adventure on the Yangtze River when he is too late to board his master's houseboat one evening.

A mother duck leads her brood around the pond as she searches for one missing duckling.

The Cat and the Squirrel come to blows with the Duck in arguing about who will perform what duty in preparing their pumpkin soup, and they almost lose the Duck's friendship when he decides to leave them.

Lillee, the last to hatch and the smallest of the ducklings, would rather walk than learn to swim.

In addition to being naughty and losing their company clothes, Tom and his two sisters indulge in rowdy behavior when they are sent upstairs as punishment.