pickThis book is a part of the Farmer Brown/Duck series. In this one duck lives on the farm with Farmer Brown and is getting tired of the way the place is being ran. He decides that he is going to change the place around. This then leads him to running for president of the country. This is a fun read aloud for kids!
This is about a duck who runs for president and he is in the running against farmer brown. All the votes go to duck and he beats farmer brown and becomes the president.
Duck for President is a children's book by Doreen Cronin about a duck who is introduced to the political world starting with an election on his farm home.
This is a great book for a read-aloud, especially when introducing democracy to an older grade! Definitely recommend for any grade though!
pickDuck for President is a cute story that is based off the Farmer Brown books. This time, duck is tired of how things are being done on the farm and decides he could do a better job. He then goes on to become governor and then president of the country. This would be a great book to introduce government, democracy, and voting. I would definitely use this in the classroom.
pickPublished - 2004
Author - Doreen Cronin
Illustrator- Betsy Lewin
Genre- Picture book
This story involves a duck on a farm that decided he wants to make big changes, so he runs for president of the United States. This is such a fun book, especially for younger grades that you want to go over election terms and situations with. This book has a lot of oppurtunites for lesson plans and discussions. I read this with 1st graders and they loved it!
pickThis is MF. This book is great for RA. This book is about a duck wanting to be in charge and becoming a president. It goes through an adventure throughout the book. In the end, there is a funny twist. https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/duck-president... This website has true or false questions where students can answer together as a class. Doing this helps students recall the story.
pickMy Kindergarten is learning about the presidents for the month of November, starting with George Washington! Each student created their own little representation of our first president.
Duck For President is a fun book about a duck who is tired of farm life and ready to be the one who has a day. Of course, ducks are the only ones who understand him, but his charisma carries him up to the White House!
Great children‘s book for elections.
“The mice got together and protested the height requirement. So Duck crossed it off.“
This is a really charming book that would keep children of any age smiling and interested in the story. Can't recommend it enough!
pickDuck for President is a Caldecott winning book. This is a silly story with cute illustrations that help keep the students engaged in the story. I think this would be a great book for any age group because it still manages to make me smile!
This book gave me big Animal Farm vibes, but definitely a more kid friendly version with a happier ending than the novel. Really enjoyed this!
pickDuck for President by Doreen Cronin was written in 2004 and is a Caldecott Honor book. This book was so cute! It really reminded me of the novel Animal Farm with the animals wanting to take over the farm. It was so fun and comical to follow Duck in his journey to fame. I think kids would enjoy this and it also teaches them a little about government. The illustrations also play a huge part in the impact of the book.
pickDuck for President by Doreen Cronin was written in 2004 and is a Caldecott Honor book. This book was so cute! It really reminded me of the novel Animal Farm with the animals wanting to take over the farm. It was so fun and comical to follow Duck in his journey to fame. I think kids would enjoy this and it also teaches them a little about government. The illustrations also play a huge part in the impact of the book.
This book is super cute for young children! It shows how anyone can do anything, even animals. I think it‘s motivational and fun!
pickDuck for President by Doreen Cronin was published in 2004. It received the Best Illustrated Children‘s Book Award. I loved this book because it shows how some people may not see how hard work is until they are put in another‘s position. I thought that the illustrations were funny and helped better exemplify the story.
pickDuck for President by Doreen Cronin was written in 2004. It is a very fun book to ready. It is great for all ages to hear and perfect for people to read to their kids! If you want a fun read this is the book for you.
Duck for President by Doreen Cronin, Illustrations by Betsy Lewin (Caldecott Award) - This hilarious MF story is about an unhappy duck who decides he wants to become President! He runs a campaign, gives speeches, and even kisses babies on his journey to Presidency! At the end of the story, he returns to the farm because being a President is no fun.
pick“Duck for President” is a modern fantasy (F) book written by Doreen Cronin. This story depicts the story of an ambitious duck who becomes sick of his farm-life. His solution? Running for President of the United States. This would be a good shared reading (SR).
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pickThis modern fantasy book, Duck for President by Doreen Cronin, won the 2004 Parents Choice Award and would be a great book to RA. Duck wanted to do something different than chores, so he decided to organize and election to make him president! 🎤🦆
so-so3⭐️ Man this duck means business. When he decides he no longer wants to mow the lawn and make coffee, Duck runs for Farmer. He decided that was hard work, and ran for governor. But that was still too tough, so now it's time to be president. Duck learns that just because a job looks easier, does not mean it is.
pickBest RA, Doreen Cronin worked with Betsy Lewin to create a great F which was New York Times Best Illustrated Book in 2004. Duck is back with all the other animals but this time, he is sick of Farmer Brown's rules and holds an election to be in charge of the farm. He keeps having different elections until he moves all the way up to presidency. A resource that gives a lot of great activities to do in relation to the text is
Can we please go back and elect duck?! Please?!?!
I love when children's book authors throw in little details like this. 😂 I read this book to my students yesterday and obviously they were clueless, but I got a kick out of it. #politicalfiction #photoadaynov16
A fun #election day in kindergarten! (Duck won) I love this book to begin explaining voting to students.
My little boy picked this from the library and insisted I read it aloud tonight. I guess this election made it into the playground 🙁😭.
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