Duck for President (A Click Clack Book)

This is a silly book. Silly in a good way. Silly in any way adults and kids can both appreciate. Duck starts out on Farmer Brown's farm, where his jobs are to take out the trash, mow the lawn and grind coffee beans. At the end of each day duck finds himself covered in bits of grass and espresso beans. So he decides to run for Farmer and he wins. But he discovers that running the farm is hard work, so he runs for governor. He wins by just a few votes. But he discovers that being governor is hard work, so he runs for president. He wins by just a few votes but he discovers that being president is hard work. He sees a help wanted ad for a duck who can mow the lawn and grind coffee beans, so he retreats to the farm to write his memoir.The book is filled with political jokes parents will get. On the title page Duck raises his arms and holds his hands in victory signs like Richard Nixon did so many years ago. His poster in running for Farmer says he's running for a "Kinder, Gentler Farm," not far from George H. W. Bush's slogan.Duck does all the things a good candidate should do. He even "gave speeches that only other ducks could understand." And every time he wins a new job, he finds he's covered from head to toe in gunk at the end of the day, the gunk just changes with each job.As kids follow Duck's races, they learn what's involved in a political campaign, and how important each vote is, and one would hope they learn that if a duck can aspire to the highest office in the land, so can they!The illustrations are very funny. They keep the story moving with their humor. They have details the reader won't notice on the first or second or third reading. This means the book continues to be funny, time after time.

A great book for engaging students in my classroom. It was a classroom favorite.

Cute book, love this author & her tales. Click clack moo is still my favorite, but this is a good one too. I love that it subtly teaches about the voting process.

It was a baby shower gift. It was the perfect book for my themed gifts.

We love this book! It is hillarious and more fun than any presidential election that my students can imagine! We have read and read and read this book and looked at every detail of the pictures. That's what is so great about this book: that you get something new from it with each reading of it. It is a favorite that is requested over and over. Our lesson learned is that we have to work hard in all things but. We can also have fun doIng it!

Hardcover Slip was Slightly ripped when we got it, I get the impression it doesn't happen all the time and could've been a packaging mistake or a vendor mistake, but either way does the cover of a book really matter or does the time spent reading with your child matter more? We throughly enjoy this line of books. I would have no problem ordering another book from the series from this same vendor, I just thought I should mention the slight disfigurement just in case .

This book is funny and cool! We read it as a third grade class. Students loved it. This was a “great great great great” book.

As a teacher this is one of my favorite books for teaching about government and especially how someone can rise though the ranks and become a president. Although this is a silly example, it has lots of teachable points to help little ones understand the election process. A great buy for kiddos since this is an election year!

will buy again

とてもキレイな状態で、きちんと梱包されていました。娘が喜んでいます。ありがとうございます。