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Post by aln1982 on Jan 5, 2008 1:06:45 GMT -5
^ I always assumed they wanted to protect the ducks from the kids, too, and got the same idea about the courtyard and playground. I haven't read this one for a while so I'll have to (it's a good spring one anyway) and see what I think about the "duck protection." ;D I do remember liking this one.
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Post by sparklymouse on Jan 5, 2008 17:13:23 GMT -5
I suppose the mother duck would be mean if she thought her ducklings were in danger. Actually she'd probably be meaner before the eggs even hatched. Birds are quite protective of their nests. My grandma once got divebombed by a robin cause she was trying to look in it's nest. ;D I don't hear too much about violent robins in everyday cases.
Seeing as this was a "city duck" it should have been used to being around people even if it wasn't exactly tame. My town has a river going through it and ducks hang out in people's yards in that area. It's kinda gross cause then you have duck poop all over your yard and they eat your flower bulbs and stuff. While you probably couldn't go up to one and touch it, it doesn't feel threatened by you.
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Post by greer on Jan 21, 2008 21:31:42 GMT -5
^yeah, i think city animals are usually pretty used to humans. But can you imagine if you were a mother duck and Karen Brewer decided to get involved in your situation? ;D
I just read this one for the first time a couple of days ago. I thought it was cute how the kids wrote a "real library book" about the ducks. I can see why Karen won the spelling bee.
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Post by aln1982 on Jan 22, 2008 17:27:02 GMT -5
^ Karen is a smart little girl. I think that's one reason I like her so much. ;D I think it's also a reason that people get so down on her - the expect a lot from her because they forget how young she really is. I notice this happens a lot to smart, mature kids. Expectations are always higher....
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Post by greer on Jan 22, 2008 19:59:36 GMT -5
i think you're right, aln. people are always shocked when they act like a child.
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Post by supprazz on Sept 12, 2008 10:23:31 GMT -5
I thought it was exaggerated when they had the assembly to name the ducks
I liked reading about the tile design karen was making before the commercial came on to order the car
and that her poems and spring day projects were sweet
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Post by Kylie90210 on Jan 7, 2009 21:35:00 GMT -5
Oh that's right... this is the one where they break the car, lol. Doesn't one of the Duckling's die?
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Post by tiff85 on Jan 13, 2009 21:57:50 GMT -5
Well, that's why I try and stay away from ducks and geese even though I love them all the same. I loved Karen's ducklings and how they watched the ducks grow. It was sad when one of the ducklings died.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Apr 10, 2011 10:56:57 GMT -5
This book was cute. I was raised by my Nana and Popa and we had a pool in the backyard. This book reminded me of the -- many times -- that duck families would live in our pool and hatch their babies. One Mama Duck also brought back her babies more than one time. I even felt that we had some same-sex relationship ducklings hanging around too!
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Post by scrounge on Apr 12, 2011 20:23:40 GMT -5
Poor Karen always seemed to be hit the hardest by animal deaths. She was the one who insisted on having funerals for goldfish, and she seems to be much more affected by the little duckling's death than her classmates. Maybe she's very in tune to even the smallest animals, but I also think it's partly because she is so young and has already had a lot of change in her life.
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Post by booboobrewer on Sept 4, 2011 21:11:18 GMT -5
Funny moment when Lisa and Seth are discussing the bill for the car and how could one cost $23.95...Karen says "loudly" that it must have been a mistake and "maybe you owe $23.95 for a, um, jar."
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Post by virgoscorpio on Sept 6, 2011 20:08:07 GMT -5
What an expensive jar! haha
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Post by supprazz on Sept 7, 2011 1:55:07 GMT -5
And the funeral for Louie, going out of her way to invite everyone, even Amanda and Shannon. Also, making it her mission and no one else's to find homes for the kittens in the toolshed. I wonder if she would become a vet later on or an animal rights advocate.
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Post by Honeybee on Dec 16, 2011 3:24:28 GMT -5
This was good book. Main plot was good. Sad the one duckling passed away. Love the names they picked out for Mother duck & the baby duklings. Sub-plot was okay. Surprise the company accept the form in crayon writing. When I was in preschool. We put seeds in the milk carton. Watch them grow. I think, they were daises, we grow.
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Post by virgoscorpio on Dec 16, 2011 13:43:18 GMT -5
I wonder why they put in that one of the duckings died? Maybe to show to kids the reality (that often times, one duck *does* die or many do not survive) so that if it ever happens to them, they're not surprised?
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