by Robert McCloskey, Barrett Harper Clark
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey is a 4.1 on the Accelerated Reading leveling system. The story is a fictitious book about a pair of ducks that live in a pond. When it comes time for their eggs to hatch, they realize that they must move because their pond has too many people and is too dan...
Genre: Animals / Family / Traveling Year Published: 1941 Year Read: 2010 Publisher: Viking Juvenile “Make Way for Ducklings” is a Caldecott Medal award-winning book by Robert McCloskey and it is about how a family of ducks tries to live in the city of Boston. “Make Way for Ducklings” ...
My wife's childhood copy of this classic arrived in our house a few months ago when my father-in-law moved house. Tonight, my four-year-old pulled it out of the bookshelf for the first time. He looked at it and started to put it back when I stopped him. "Why not that one?" I asked. "It looks b...
I remember my teacher reading this aloud to the class. I loved it then and love it now. New note (April 2013) : I recently read this book to my 2 1/2 year old grandson and he LOVED it. i read every word (sometimes I tell the story instead of reading all the words because he is young) and he lis...
A charming story about the convergence of nature and civilization. Mr. and Mrs. Mallard struggle to find a suitable place to raise their young (what parent can't relate to this?) They eventually settle in Boston - mainly out of exhaustion and encroaching time constraints. Thanks to some friendly ...
Wonderful book.
Enjoyed this as a child. Got my love for ducks from it I think.