The Mallard family is in a bit of a rut. While dad Mack is content to keep his family safe paddling around their New England Pond forever, mom Pam is eager to shake things up and show their kids teen son Dax and duckling daughter Gwen the whole wide world. After a migrating duck family alights on their pond with thrilling tales of far-flung places, Pam persuades Mack to embark on a family trip, via New York City, to tropical Jamaica.

A true story of the rescue of an abandoned duck egg that was hatched and raised by a caring man and is now living a happy duck's life in the lake.

Drake's Pond is a lovely story about Drake, Misty and their three ducklings that live in a beautiful park with two ponds in Whitewright, Texas. Drake is the ruler of the park. There are lots of other animals that live in the park and all around the park. Texas, a German Shepherd dog, is a war hero that lives across the street from the park. Texas becomes a hero once again by saving the ducks from a wolf, a giant python snake that escapes and many...

The Story of Googala Duck: Help from an Owl is the fourth in a series of picture books about Googala Duck, who decides to stay in the pond for the winter, while his family goes South for the next six months. After escaping from a hunter who might be planning to cook him for dinner, Googala is struggling to find shelter as it becomes colder and colder, when he meets an owl. The owl leads him to his hollow in a fir tree, but Googala can only stay at...

The Story of Googala Duck: Encounter with a Hunter is the third in a series of picture books about Googala Duck, who decides to stay in the pond for the winter, while his family goes South for the next six months. Now that Googala can't find a place to stay with his friends who have created their own nests for the winter, he goes through the cold dark forest looking a place to spend the night. His journey leads him to the cabin of a hunter and his...

Dixie is an adorable young duckling learning about the other animals in the world around her. She has many animal friends on the farm where she lives. When she meets an animal that she has not seen before, Dixie tries to figure out what it is. Then she discovers that the new, unusual-looking animal is a human animal!

Unleash the World of A-Z Animals with Dixie Duckling's Fun-filled Rhymes! Get ready to dive into a world where every letter opens the door to a delightful animal discovery. With Dixie Duckling: Animal Alphabet, young readers are in for a captivating journey from A to Z. Dixie, our curious and ever-enthusiastic duckling, dreams of finding an animal for each letter of the alphabet. And what a thrilling expedition it is! From the playful leaps of dolphins...

"Moose loves playing astronaut. Imagining his helmet, his seatbelt, and rocketing off into space are his favorite things to do! One day, Moose invites Duck to play with him. But there's just one problem--Duck doesn't know how to use his imagination. Moose teaches him but soon becomes frustrated because Duck doesn't play astronaut the 'right' way. How will these friends learn how to work--and imagine --together?--

"As soon as artist Robert McCloskey saw the ducks in Boston Public Garden, he knew he had to write about them. But how? Studying stuffed birds didn't help... As the ducklings grew, he got down on his hands and knees and followed them with pad and pencil. At times he even acted like a duck! Through revision, after revision, Robert improved the art and story, until he and his editor were finally satisfied."--