Mr. and Mrs. Mallard proudly return to their home in the Boston Public Garden with their eight offspring.

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.

When Duck gets tired of working for Farmer Brown, his political ambition eventually leads to his being elected President.

Splat the cat's bicycle bumps and jumps over the bumpy track on his way to school, until . . . crack! Splat takes a tumble off of his bike and finds himself nose to beak with a duck. When the duck does not make a sound, Splat packs the duck in his backpack along with his school supplies to his teacher, Mrs. Wimpydimple, who will know what to do, and heads off to Cat School.

All of the barnyard animals are excited about the arrival of a new duckling, until the noisy little one refuses to go to sleep.

Pleased with his success in riding a bike, Duck decides to drive the farm tractor, and invites all the other farm animals along for the ride--all the way to town.

"All Bear wants is to spend a pleasant day alone, but Duck really wants to hang out"--

Little Duck is working hard making valentines for everyone and decorating for the Valentine's Day dance, but what happens when an unexpected guest arrives?

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 flying "V" never fails to draw attention, but the geese on display aren't forming letters for our benefit. Indeed, the shape gets a flock from point A to point B in the most energy-efficient way. In this book, beginning readers will learn about the many habits of geese.