Doreen CroninDuck for President (A Click Clack Book)

This is such a fun read! Duck is a great character. I have read this book to many children during library time. The children and I love it!

This is a cute book as a quick introduction in the voting process.

Funny illustrations and story. My second grader loves it and wanted to make sure we wrote a glowing review. Five stars!

Click Clack books are THE BEST. My 5 month old is cracking up when I read it and use different boice for the animal sounds.

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.

Duck for President toys slightly with the formula that made the other children's books like Giggle, Giggle, Quack and Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type that are so charming.This book has many references for adults like a Nixon pose, etc. My seven-year-old daughter loves it, but I wonder about its staying power. Will she still want to read it with me in a month like we do the other books in the series, which I rated higher?

This book has fully convinced me to vote for duck 2024. The candidates currently can't stand up to what duck can do for the USA!!!!Vote Duck 2024!!!!

My students enjoyed engaging with this story during election season. It is a funny story. The book comes in great condition with a sturdy cover.