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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
"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...
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...
When reading about this book on scholastic the summary they gave was, "When Duck gets tired of working for Farmer Brown, his political ambition eventually leads to his being elected President. My fellow Americans: It is our pleasure, our honor, our duty as citizens to present to you Duck for Preside...
Written by Doreen Cronin Illustrated by Betsy Lewin Farmer Brown has many responsibilities on the farm. He ends each day covered from head to toe with mud and muck. He gives the animals chores to do too, like dusting and mowing the lawn. Duck is fed up with how Farmer Brown runs the farm, so Duck ...
This is a really cute book for any age to read during election season. I think this could be used to hold a class election, even if it is using cartoon characters. I think it could be really fun to use if you are teaching the students about the election process, so then by using different text stude...
An excellent book to read in the primary grades during an election year! The author portrays the campaign trail and election process using farm animals and appealing illustrations. This simple and humorous story introduces students to the different levels of government as well as the voting proces...
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