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Maggie Wiygul ED511
Maggie Wiygul ED511 rated it 6 years ago
Lexile Level: AD470L This picture book by Doreen Cronin tells the story of Farmer Brown and his very opinionated farm animals. Farmer Brown's cows have many complaints about their living conditions and use a typewriter to send letters detailing their issues. This inspires the chickens to do the same...
Miss. Swiney's Classroom Library
Miss. Swiney's Classroom Library rated it 6 years ago
Duck for President takes children on a wonderful journey through the election process. Duck runs for control of the farm, then for governor, and finally for president. Throughout the book, children are introduced to the many facets that go along with elections in kid-friendly language that they can ...
Miss. Contorno's Library
Miss. Contorno's Library rated it 6 years ago
This book would be great to use in a kindergarten classroom to introduce the alphabet and words that start with each letter. I love this book because it is not just a regular alphabet book. It actually tells a story by using words in the order of the alphabet. This book also has pictures that corres...
Miss. Swiney's Classroom Library
Miss. Swiney's Classroom Library rated it 6 years ago
This book takes you an alphabetical adventure! The cows are once again typing on Farmer Brown's Farm and telling you a story while also teaching the letters of the alphabet. This book would be a great resource in a Kindergarten classroom for beginning readers. The pictures in the book go along with ...
Miss. Contorno's Library
Miss. Contorno's Library rated it 6 years ago
This book starts out by a duck not enjoying working on a farm. He decides he wants to be in charge so he will not have to work as hard, but it turns out it is very hard work to run a farm. The duck then decides to run for governor, but being a governor is also very hard work. Then the duck runs for ...
chrisbrown
chrisbrown rated it 7 years ago
This book does an excellent job at educating readers on the process of nominating and electing a person in office. It also gives a little background on the responsibility of the President. I think using animals instead of people will grab the attention of younger students better. It's much more fun ...
Ms. Cadet's Captivating Children's Collection
Duck for President by Doreen Cronin does a phenomenal job of educating readers on the process of nominating and electing a person in office as well as gives an insight on the responsibility of the President. I love the concept of using animals rather than people in this story because children are mo...
Favorite Books for Children
Favorite Books for Children rated it 7 years ago
"Duck for President", by Doreen Cronin would be a great book to read when talking about elections. A lot of students, especially younger students, do not know what election means. This is a great way to introduce voting to them and what it means to be able to vote. Around the time of presidential el...
ashleydavis
ashleydavis rated it 8 years ago
Click Clack Moo: Cow's That Type by Doreen Cronin is a book about cows that get a hold of an old type writer and decide to go on strike against Farmer Brown. They make continuous requests/demands (for example electric blankets) in order to give Farmer Brown their milk. I would rate this book a four ...
ashleydavis
ashleydavis rated it 8 years ago
Duck for President is a book that I will definitely carry on my book shelf along with other books written by the same author such as Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type. The book Duck for President is about a barn of animals voting for the duck on a farm to be in charge. Duck ran the farm while farmer B...
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