Jacqueline Mahan

The Courtyard Duck Jacqueline Mahan

It's springtime and Mrs. Webster's fourth grade class is excited to find feathery new residents in theirschool courtyard after Memorial Day break. But their plans to learn more aboutthe ducks, and even go outside to sketch them in their sketch- pads, arequickly interrupted by an unforeseen accident. So what do you do when abunch of baby ducklings fall down a drain? That's exactly what some of thechildren of Suregood Elementary are wondering. Danieland his friends face a dilemma. Should they help (if so, how?), or should theylet nature take its own course . . . ? This book was written in honor ofthe intrinsic fascination with animals that children possess.¿ It is natural for young children to want tohelp them, keep them, name them, pet and hold them, and ultimately love them. This book is written with the desire to teach respect for both wildlife anddomestic animals; with the understanding that we share this world with them,that we all have a purpose and a place here.