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Duck for President
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
...moreHardcover, 40 pages
Published
March 2nd 2004
by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Kara Roberts
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"Back on the farm, Duck is fed up with chores that leave him "picking tiny bits of grass and espresso beans out of his feathers." So with a sign that reads "Farmer Brown Must Go! Farm Election Tomorrow!" the ambitious bird throws his hat in the ring, launching a remarkably successful political career. After winning the barnyard election, Duck realizes that his situation hasn't improved, and he decides to turn his attention to the governorship -- and the presidency. As it...more
(3rd - 5th grade)
Duck for President provides young readers with insight into the election process at a level in which they can relate. It also tells about responsibility and hard work. The use of pictures in this story is very similar to this illustrators other book entitled "Thump, Quack, Moo". The character are the same as in the other book as well. Duck, who is tired of his chores, decides to remove Farmer Brown from his position by holding a vote. When duck wins the vot...more
Duck for President provides young readers with insight into the election process at a level in which they can relate. It also tells about responsibility and hard work. The use of pictures in this story is very similar to this illustrators other book entitled "Thump, Quack, Moo". The character are the same as in the other book as well. Duck, who is tired of his chores, decides to remove Farmer Brown from his position by holding a vote. When duck wins the vot...more
Duck lives on Farmer Brown’s farm and is extremely frustrated with the “injustices” that he feels the animals are experiencing. Duck decides to hold an election to see who should be in charge of the farm. To Farmer Brown’s dismay, it is a landslide, Duck has won the election and is now in charge of the farm. However, Duck finds that running a farm is not the easy job he thought it would be. As the story progresses, we watch Duck run and win the offices of governor and president. Duck begins...more
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I've had a number of people recommend Duck for President by Doreen Cronin to me especially after my review of Click Clack Moo. The latest person to recommend it was my son. I take recommendations from family very seriously. Now having laughed myself silly, here is the review.
Duck for President follows the political career of Farmer Brown's duck, Duck. Farmer Brown perhaps having learned something from his experiences in Click, Clack Moo now divides up the chores among the animals. If...more
Duck for President follows the political career of Farmer Brown's duck, Duck. Farmer Brown perhaps having learned something from his experiences in Click, Clack Moo now divides up the chores among the animals. If...more
I used this as part of a Doreen Cronin author study with Kindergarten in the fall. It was the last book of the Duck and Farmer Brown series that we read and I had it work out so that we read it right around the election in November. After we read it, we talked about responsibility and what it means to be responsible and who was responsible in the story. Then, each kid voted for who they thought should be in charge of the farm by coming up and sticking a picture of either Duck or Farmer Brown ...more
Heather Torgersen
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Duck for President is a wonderful book that introduces children to the election process. Duck doesn't like how things are going on the Farmer Brown's farm, so he takes things into his own wings and runs for president. When I read this book to my students they really loved seeing a duck do 'human' things (they found it hilarious', but they also got to see how much hard work it was for Duck. I really loved that this book could be read in a 1st grade classroom, and that they were getting exposed to...more
I read this book to the first grade class today. You could hear a pin drop at some points in this story and at other times they would laugh. I thought they would not understand the politics of the story but they did. They did not understand the saxophone playing of the duck which was about President Clinton. Even though they may not get all the jokes they still loved the story. We talked about who was our president today and how the duck could not handle those big jobs.So the duck went back to t...more
Elise Cohen
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"While the book is adorable and funny, the irony and humor are largely lost on preschoolers. Duck decides that he is overworked and underappreciated (he's expected to do chores on the farm), and tries to move up in the world, only to find that with bigger privileges come bigger responsibilities and headaches. Farmer Brown, as always, is underappreciated too, but he sticks with his farm. My pre-schooler keeps asking to have this one read over and over, apparently trying to follow what the...more
This is a very special book for my whole family, because my Dad's first paid gig in Hollywood was to write the screenplay for this movie for Nickelodeon. And he did a great job! His script is hilarious!
This book has everything -- it's a great educational how-to on how to run a successful campaign, and also on what life is like once you reach the top. This book is also hilarious, and shows you that every single job on every step of the ladder involves coffee stains -- just like daddy's ...more
This book has everything -- it's a great educational how-to on how to run a successful campaign, and also on what life is like once you reach the top. This book is also hilarious, and shows you that every single job on every step of the ladder involves coffee stains -- just like daddy's ...more
I love this book from 2 aspects. The duck controling the farm and using the democratic election process to cause the farmer so much trouble, and then the facts of how you are elected to be president of the US. There are subtle jokes and reference to actual historical elections, like the Bush/Gore vote tally, the Johnson presidentcy photo representation of him looking out of the oval office at the protesters trying to decide wheither or not to run for president. There is a little math "co...more
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This story is hilarious. Duck does not like working on the farm, because it’s hard work doing chores. So he naturally runs a campaign to elect himself as the new farmer, and wins. This is hard work too, so he runs for Governor. Then it’s president, and of course he wins each election. But all of these jobs are hard work, so he works on a autobiography instead. The pictures are fun, and there is some number recognition involved too, as the tally for each election is bigger. Great for farm ...more
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This is a great book when introducing children to any elections, whether they be for their school, local community, or even the presidential election! It teaches them that lots of jobs are hard work and to put themselves in other peoples shoes gives themselves a different perspective of that person. A good way to incorporate writing in this book is have the students write a letter to a local mayor, store owner, or even school principal and have the children to thank them for all their hard work....more
Duck for President is one of my favorite picture books of all time. I have had my own copy of it for years. I love that the illustrations work so well with the story. I also love that the book offers a way to teach politics without being political. It lends itself to so many learning opportunities even though primarily it is a funny story about a duck not wanting to do chores. I will definitely have this book in my classroom library and I am proud to say that I have it in my personal library.
This story is about a duck working on a farm and insisting to hold an election. Duck is very please on what he has done but begins to understands that running a farm is hard work. The duck runs for governor. The duck beats the governor and finds out that running for state is difficult. So, he begins to run for presidency. After he goes to the White House he finally finds out that he still has to do more hard work. So, he begins to search for a vice president.
I enjoyed reading thi...more
I enjoyed reading thi...more
I love the stories of Duck and Farmer Brown and this is no exception! Lots of uses around election time to quietly introduce the curriculum through the funny antics of duck as he conducts a voter registrations, campaigns for office, and survives a recount to win the offices of farmer, governor, and president (who plays a saxophone on late night television)! Duck discovers at the end that all of the jobs are too hard so he returns to the farm to write his autobiography!
By: Doreen Cronin
Illustrated by: Betsy Lewin
Genre: picture books, fiction
Audience: pre-K to third grade
Topic: President Election
Theme: politics, hard work, family
Curricular uses: read aloud, guided reading, library classroom
reading level: Early
illustrations: Are excellent. They support the text if students need help and gives them clues on what some words may be.
Thoughts: Duck decides to h...more
Illustrated by: Betsy Lewin
Genre: picture books, fiction
Audience: pre-K to third grade
Topic: President Election
Theme: politics, hard work, family
Curricular uses: read aloud, guided reading, library classroom
reading level: Early
illustrations: Are excellent. They support the text if students need help and gives them clues on what some words may be.
Thoughts: Duck decides to h...more
Poor Duck lives on a farm where the Farmer, gasp, makes the animals do chores. Duck, not happy with the situation, decides to have an election. Duck beats the Farmer and soon finds out that being in charge is hard work. Of course, he decides to move on to bigger and better things. He continues his drive to the top. Clever narration, well done illustrations make this an enjoyable book for adults and children. I chuckled out loud.
Very cool story!!! I would love to read this story when it is close to Election Day or President's Day to my class. This book helps to explain the process you go through to become a president. You could also help students make connections by talking about their daily chores and responsibilities at home. You can also incorporate math as well because it does talk about the ballots and specific numbers that the Duck won by.
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
Not really for kids.
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
Not really for kids.
Author: Doreen Cronin
Illustrator: Betsy Lewin
Genre: Fiction Picture Book
Year Published: 2008
Reading Level: Ages 4-8; Early
Topic and Theme: Elections, Animals, Dedication
Curricular Use: Read Aloud, Guided Reading
Social: Politics, Determination
Literary Elements: Humor, Personification
Text and Pictures: The pictures are appealing to children and helpful to reading the story.
Summar...more
Illustrator: Betsy Lewin
Genre: Fiction Picture Book
Year Published: 2008
Reading Level: Ages 4-8; Early
Topic and Theme: Elections, Animals, Dedication
Curricular Use: Read Aloud, Guided Reading
Social: Politics, Determination
Literary Elements: Humor, Personification
Text and Pictures: The pictures are appealing to children and helpful to reading the story.
Summar...more
A friend of mine gave me this when we graduated from high school--I guess my interest in politics showed even then. This is a cute book of very little substance but fun drawings and absolute absurdity. It takes about 10 minutes to read and is a great send-up of politics in general, and it's probably a kids' book, but I don't know that I would read it little kids. Yeah, I'll hang on to this.
It was awesome. He first want to work at the farm. He got mud all head to toe. Then he wanted to be Vice President. The girl lost, and duck won vice president. Then he wanted to be president and he got covered head to toe in all of the stuff the president did.
And the Farmer Brown got head to toe in horse poop, hay, horse hair, seeds, sprouts, feathers, filth, mud, muck and coffee stains.
And the Farmer Brown got head to toe in horse poop, hay, horse hair, seeds, sprouts, feathers, filth, mud, muck and coffee stains.
That trouble maker Duck is at it again.
He doesn't like the chores he is assigned on the farm, so he nominates himself as farmer, holds an election and wins. He's not happy with that job, so he runs for governor and then president of the country.
I can't tell if this is just a silly little children's story or a critique of the US presidency. I guess is could be both.
He doesn't like the chores he is assigned on the farm, so he nominates himself as farmer, holds an election and wins. He's not happy with that job, so he runs for governor and then president of the country.
I can't tell if this is just a silly little children's story or a critique of the US presidency. I guess is could be both.
Duck for President is about a Duck who decides to run for president. This book would be great for a social studies lesson when intdoucing the words government, presidents, voting, campaigns, etc. You could also incorporate this book into a activity where the students have their own little classroom election using examples from the book.
This book was so cute. It was about a duck that got tired of working on the farm. He wanted to change things around until he realized how much harder it was. Eventually he runs for president but that was way to much work for duck. I would ude this book and create a mock election. For example when my class is choosing classroom jobs.
Wonderful intro into the election process and how officials go from local, state and federal levels. Also a lesson on how people can be happy where they are in life, because with more responsibility comes more work. After reading this book, students could make a sequencing chart on how the election process works.
This book would be a great book to use when talking about the voting and electron process with students. With your students you can also use this book to discuss the hardwork that each position faces. A teacher can also use this book to talk about with children that being in charge is not always the easiet postition.
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Children will love this book.It was great for Social Studies and kid friendly. The animations were cute and colorful. This book was very helpful with voting and just taliking to the kids and taking them through the process. I would really recommend this book and pull it out around election time. Teaching kids about the government and the president is made easy with this book as well.
This book provides a humorous story of a duck who decides that he should run for president. I would use this book as a possible mini lesson during a social studies lesson on the government and presidency. It is very engaging for students and will provide a text to world connection.
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