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Title: Ducks in a Row
Author and Illustrator: Jackie Urbanovic
Publication Year: 2011
Title: Ducks in a Row
Author and Illustrator: Jackie Urbanovic
Publication Year: 2011
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Plot summary: Max the duck notices that all the other animals in the house are busy doing something helpful. He wants to help too and lucky for him his three aunts are coming to visit and they need a lot of help. Aunt Pat, Aunt Dot, and Aunt Flo seem to need max to help him with everything and by the end of their visit Max is exhausted. He is finally ready to enjoy some relaxing. Series: Sitting Duck Duck at the Door Duck Soup Duck and Cover Happy Go Duckly | Strong vocabulary: The vocabulary in this book is fairly simple. Students may have problems with words like "relaxed", "nodded", "Irene", "leaned", "curtains", "untangled", "thought", and "tired" when sounding out but with adult help they will be able to figure it out. Figurative Language: The title of the book "Ducks in a Row" is a play on the fact that the book is about ducks but the phrase "get your ducks in a row" means to be organized and helpful. The book is about being helpful so the title is a fitting pun. Relationship of Pictures to Words: This book has a complementary relationship between pictures and words. The pictures help clarify what the words are saying, which is especially good for beginning readers. Also every page has a picture on it. Themes/Central concepts:
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