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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Duck for President


Book Title: Duck for President

Author(s): Doreen Cronin

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Betsy Lewin

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Copyright Date: 2004

Genre: Fictional picturebook

Brief Annotation: This book follows Duck who is fed up with doing chores on a farm! He decides to rally the other farm animals and hold an election to boot Farmer Brown from power so that Duck can be in charge. Shortly after he wins the farm’s election he decides that running a farm is more work than he realized. Similar patterns emerge when he decides to run for governor, president, etc. At the end of the book Duck realizes that all jobs are more difficult than they seem, and sometimes being in charge can be a lot of work. He decides to leave behind his new responsibilities and answer a ‘help wanted’ ad for a duck to do chores on a nice farm somewhere.

Your Rating (1-5) and why: (4) I enjoyed this book for some of the adult humor that was hidden in the illustrations or alluded to during a snippet of the storyline. One of Duck’s campaign posters said ‘I like Ike Duck,’ and there were several mentions of losing candidates requesting recalls post-unfavorable victories. Several of the politicians were women too, which I thought was a nice, subtle touch.

Readers who will like this book: Students who will appreciate this book are those who are beginning to learn about the American government system and the election cycle. They may be studying the state capitol or national election and are curious about how somebody gets elected or what an elected official does.

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud: Before reading this book to a class I would ask them if they know who our president (or mayor, governor, principal, etc) is and what they do. Do the kids think it is an easy or a hard job? What would they do if they were president--before and then again after reading the book.
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