Pigeon is very angry when the duckling gets a cookie just by asking politely.

Mr. and Mrs. Mallard proudly return to their home in the Boston Public Garden with their eight offspring.

A young boy becomes the "mother" to a goose, who becomes "mother" to a duck, as they learn about the rhythms of nature together.

Pleased with his success in riding a bike, Duck decides to drive the farm tractor, and invites all the other farm animals along for the ride -- all the way to town.

Pigeon learns about sharing when a curious duckling keeps asking questions about the hot dog Pigeon has found. ¡La paloma ha vuelto! Y ¡encontró un perro caliente! Pero un hambriento (y muy astuto) patito entra en escena y quiere un bocado. ¿Cuál de los dos será el más listo?

"Mama Duck needs help. Can Carl find her missing baby duck?"--P. [4] of cover.

Little Duck wants to look good for his birthday party so he observes how his barnyard buddies clean up, but what works for the other animals does not work for Little Duck, and he ends up messier than before. Little Duck celebrates his first birthday with the other animals on the farm by copying their examples, from shearing off all his feathers to taking a mudbath, before enjoying Farmer Brown's yummy frosted maple cake.

When the dog he is caring for runs away from Alan into the forbidden garden of a retired dog-hating magician, a spell seems to be cast over the contrary dog.

When something goes wrong on the farm, Ernie the duck is determined to help out, but no matter how hard he tries, nothing goes quite as he plans.

Duck is trying to enjoy a relaxing vacation, but with each turn of the page, the reader causes some calamity.