Super Duck of the Chesapeake
A True Story
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ON A HOT SUMMER DAY on a river near the Chesapeake Bay, my mother and father looked for the perfect place for me to be born. My parents are mallard ducks.
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About the Book
Imagine what it must be like to be a mallard duck and to be left behind and raised by humans. And imagine your best friend is a teddy bear. As you grow up, the humans prepare you to join other ducks. But ducks seem strange and silly at first. Will you join them? Will you return some day with your new family?
Super Duck of the Chesapeake: A True Story is the funny story of a duck that fell out of its nest and was left behind by its duck family. Author Jane Stouffer Williams and her husband raised Super Duck as part of their family. An award-winning artist, Williams’s beautiful illustrations help bring the story to life.
Super Duck of the Chesapeake: A True Story will entertain and enchant young readers. At the same time, they will learn how ducklings grow into beautiful ducks.
About the Author
Jane Stouffer Williams earned a bachelor of arts degree in art education from the University of Wisconsin. She went on to complete a five-year program at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. A renowned artist, her art won many awards in the United States and abroad. She died in 2009.