Mallard Ducks

by Shannon Zemlicka

An introduction to what mallard ducks look like, what they eat, how they reproduce, and how they migrate.

Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

This author also writes as Shannon Knudsen.

Reviews

[Lauren Garris]

Book Title: Mallard Ducks by: Shannon Zemlicka
Short Description of the Book: an informational book on younger childrens level that describes the qualities of a mallard duck, such as; how to tell a male from female, how feathers help mallard ducks swim, and what mallard ducks eat.
FOCUS: Text Types and Purposes
1) The importance of pictures correlating directly with text
TEACH: CCSS Connection Kindergarten:
Literacy.RI.K.7 With prompting and support, describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear. (e.g. what person, place, thing, or idea in the text and illustration depicts.)
Literacy. RI.K.5 Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book.
Literacy W.K.2 Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing and supply some information about the topic.

[Am.Aversa]

This book explains all about Mallard ducks including their habitat, giving birth and diet etc.
Genre: Informational nonfiction