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Pivotal
Book Review
Duck For President
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by Doreen
Cronin
Illustrated
by
Betsy Lewin
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PreSchool-Grade
2
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.
--This award-winning team
returns with a third story of farm animals with ambition.
Duck is tired of doing his chores (mowing the lawn and
grinding the coffee beans), and decides to hold an election
to replace Farmer Brown. When he wins, Duck quickly realizes
that running a farm requires too much hard work, and sets
out to run for governor. With the help of the hens, and
speeches "that only other ducks can understand," he
eventually ends up running the country. Executive office
gives him a headache, however, so Duck returns to the farm
to work on his autobiography--on a computer, with the
typewriter from Click, Clack, Moo(S & S, 2000) in the
wastepaper bin next to him. Lewin's characteristic humorous
watercolors with bold black outlines fill the pages with
color and jokes. Cronin's text is hilarious for kids and
adults and includes a little math and quite a bit about the
electoral process. The animals, who have no verbal language
that humans can understand, are empowered by the use of the
written word, and the subliminal message comes through loud
and clear--one can almost hear youngsters thinking, "Watch
out grown-ups! Just wait till I learn to read."
Awards
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Arkansas Diamond Primary
Book Award Master List
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Book Sense Book of the Year
Winner
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Capitol Choices List (DC)
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CCBC Choices (Cooperative
Children's Book Council)
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Colorado Children's Book
Award Master List
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IRA/CBC Children's Choices
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Kansas State Reading Circle
Primary Titles
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Kentucky Bluegrass Award
Master List
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NAPPA Honors Award Winner
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New York Times Best
Illustrated Books
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Parenting Magazine's Best
Books of the Year
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Parents' Choice Approved
Award Winner
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School Library Journal Best
Books of the Year
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South Carolina Book Award
Nominee
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SSLI Book Award Honor Book
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Activity kit, including fun
facts, a simple Duck crossword
puzzle, a writing activity, and
more!
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A Duck for
President full-color
poster!
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A sheet of full-color Duck
for President campaign buttons!
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A teacher's guide to use
Duck for President in the
classroom!
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Lesson ideas
for the classroom (based on the
movie, but apply to the book)
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This book is available
from Amazon
or you can request it for free
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