Duck and a Book

Duck

by David Shannon

When Duck finds a good book, he tells all of his animal friends to come and see it. They all doubt that Duck can read. But, when he shows them the book, they believe that they can read too! This small paperback book is a 6" x 9" format (rather than Shannon's regular 9" x 11" format) David Shannon created this book especially for Scholastic to distribute so as to encourage the sale of his numerous other children's books. Consequently, there was only one printing of this book with a limited number of copies printed, resulting in greater collectability.

Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Childrens, School, Humor, Fantasy, Fiction

8 pages, Staple Bound

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

David Shannon is the author and illustrator of many highly praised books for children. Born in Washington, D.C., he grew up in Spokane, Washington. He graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, with a fine arts degree, and then moved to New York City. His editorial illustrations have appeared in The New York Times, Time, and Rolling Stone, and his artwork has appeared on numerous book jackets. Shannon is a passionate baseball fan and softball player. He and his wife now live in Los Angeles.


David Shannon @ Scholastic

Reviews

[Spencer]

2026

2022

2021
Gift from Harper's grandmother

[Dolly]

Cute illustrations, but it's not so much a story than an advertisement for another book, Duck on a Bike.

Meh.

[Meredith]

Duck tells the other barnyard animals about his new book.

While this book is obvious plug for A Duck on a Bike, the varied reactions of the other animals afford young readers the opportunity to reflect on their own thoughts about books and reading.

[Kelley Mitchell]

Short, like a lot of Shannon's book. Cute, like most of Shannon's books. Would be great follow up for Duck on a Bike.

[Pamela Powell]

The copy I read was a fast-food kids' meal prize. Fairly cute story, but very short. I'm a fan of David Shannon's book, but this one isn't the best.

[Elizabeth]

AR 1.0

[Mother Goose Librarian]

This 8 page book was created by Shannon for Scholastic to help promote his other books. Cute little story about duck reading his new book to the other animals.

[Rachel Gerber]

4 copies

[Robert Drake]

This is a very simple 📙 book. I believe any young reader would enjoy this book 📙 book.

[Darlina Tato]

Duck and a Book is a good book for children that are learning how to read. The book has about six pages. It tells a story about a duck going to the cow, the dog and the horse and telling them that he had a new book. When he reads the book to them,they all believe that they can read too. I like the color in the book and also the big pictures. This book will defenitly catch the eyes of a four or five year old. The story is not hard to understand and the pictures are big enough for a nursery to see them and understand the story. What I didn't like about the book is that it has a short storyline and not a lot of pictures. I would not recommend this book becouse it is not that good of a story and it is simply too short for a bedtime story.

[Kayla]

This is a really cute 6 page book about duck sharing with his friends about his new book. He brings them all together and reads the books to them. The book is another real book called duck on a bike. I would not really gives this to my students to read because it is not a full story, but its still cute how excited they are about reading.

[Sara B]

I enjoyed reading with book with students because it talks to them about learning to love reading and reading is something to get excited about. I enjoyed the illustrations and have always enjoyed reading books by David Shannon.

[Julia Buffington]

This book is super short! Duck goes up to animals and invites them to come hear him read his new book. They all did and liked it. This encouraged them to want to read themselves. Great moral behind the story.

[Rosa Cline]

This is a short fun book. Duck finds a book they like and tell their other farm yard animals about it. The other animals are excited because they didn't think duck could read! So they all follow him to the barn to share in the excitement.

[Joseph Saborio]

Duck's riding bikes, and reading books?!

[Erika Little]

17 copies

[Amy]

This is a great book to encourage new readers. "If duck can read, so can I."

[Jarret Stoner]

This book was a baby book, but it is ironic that the book the duck talks about owning the book that you are reading. Pretty funny right?!

[Little Champs]

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