Arcadia Public Library

When a kind and hardworking duck nearly collapses from overwork, while taking care of a farm because the owner is too lazy to do so, the rest of the animals get together and chase the farmer out of town.

On her way to school, a young girl spots mallard ducks in the river and enthusiastically describes their appearance, habits, and behavior. Interspersed throughout the pages are facts about ducks.

In this counting book, increasingly larger groups of animals try to help a duck that is stuck in the sleepy, slimy marsh.

Various animals tell how they saw, fed, sang to, tickled, and kissed the new duckling.

Irene and her family of cats and dogs take in Max the duck, who stayed behind when his flock migrated for the winter, and he learns to do many things, which drives the animals crazy--until he leaves to rejoin his flock in the summer.

Five little ducks skate, romp, and play in the snow.

A mother duck tries to persuade her five ducklings to go to sleep on a dark night.