Duck's Backyard

Duck's Backyard book cover
PRESS GECKO Backyard Duck's Ulrich Hub Illustrated by Jörg Mühle Translated by Helena Kirkby
Duck's Backyard

Duck's Backyard

A very funny and philosophical illustrated chapter book by a bestselling author/illustrator pair about courage, true friendship and our most secret wishes, in which a lame duck takes a blind chicken on a goose chase. A duck spends her days limping around her backyard with the help of a crutch until one day a blind chicken stumbles in, lost, and persuades the duck to embark on an adventurous journey. The duck will guide the chicken; the chicken will steady the duck's wobbly leg. They leave together for a place where their most secret wishes will come true. The pair come upon astonishing obstacles along the way—a wild forest, a cavernous gorge and many differences of opinion. The chicken starts to wish she’d taken a guide dog rather than a duck! When the two finally arrive at their destination after all the hardships, they realize that their own backyard plus a little imagination offers as much adventure as a whole world.

About This Book

By: Ulrich Hub
Illustrated by: Jorg Muhle
Published by: Gecko Press an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group
7-11Age Range
- AR
92Pages
Farm AnimalsSubject
540LLexile
30-45 minsReading Time
-Guided Reading
-Fountas & Pinnell
-DRA