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Title details for Duck for President by Doreen Cronin - Available

Duck for President

by Doreen Cronin
Betsy Lewin
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From the New York Times bestselling creators of Click, Clack, Moo, comes an entertaning introduction to politics.

"My fellow Americans:It is our pleasure, our honor, our duty as citizens to present to you Duck for President. Here is a duck who began in a humble pond. Who worked his way to farmer. To governor. And now, perhaps, to the highest office in the land.Some say, if he walks like a duck and talks like a duck, he is a duck.We say, if he walks like a duck and talks like a duck, he will be the next president of the United States of America.Thank you for your vote."

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  • Release date

    January 1, 2004

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781339051895
      • File size: 10107 KB
      • Duration: 00:21:03

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • ATOS Level: 3.9
    • Lexile® Measure: 680
    • Interest Level: K-3(LG)
    • Text Difficulty: 0-2

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      When Duck gets fed up with his chores on the farm (he takes out the trash, mows the lawn, and grinds coffee beans), he decides he can run the place better than Farmer Brown and devises a farm election. His landslide win is quickly followed by the realization that running a farm is hard work--so Duck runs for governor and then president. Doreen Cronin (CLICK, CLACK, MOO) devises a clever introduction to politics for kids, who will love the funny story and Betsy Lewin's colorful illustrations. Adults will chuckle at the all-too-familiar trappings of politics, not to mention the spot-on CNN spoof. County music singer Randy Travis's drawl matches the text perfectly in a read-along that stands up to repeated listening. Vote Duck! J.M.D. 2005 ALA Notable Recording (c) AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      February 16, 2004
      As the run-up to the 2004 presidential election gathers momentum, it appears that George W. Bush may have more than Democrats on his tail. Duck, the ever-scheming star of Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
      has thrown his feathers in the ring. Fed-up with the drudgery of his barnyard chores, Duck decides to officially buck authority and hold an election to determine who should be in charge. The web-footed wonder narrowly defeats Farmer Brown, but soon discovers that running a farm is not all it's cracked up to be. Duck plans a move to greener pastures by entering—and eventually winning—the race for governor. However, for the ambitious feathered hero, only the highest office in the land will do, and he charts a course for the Oval Office, which also has its drawbacks. Though Cronin's latest Duck tale introduces the basic mechanics of the election process, it lacks many of the silly high jinks and clever plot turns that gave its predecessors their charm. A few nods to past presidents appear in both text and art (Nixon, Clinton, G.H.W. Bush), offering older readers a knowing wink. The focus on Duck's dissatisfaction and loneliness at the top makes the story line perhaps better suited to adults, even as Lewin's chunky-outlined watercolors continue to cater to the younger crowd with her usual dashes of humor and daffy sweetness. Her depictions of the campaign-trail motorcades, parades and town meetings are a hoot. All ages. (Mar.)

      FYI
      :The book will have a March 2 laydown date.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • ATOS Level:3.9
  • Lexile® Measure:680
  • Interest Level:K-3(LG)
  • Text Difficulty:0-2

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