Teaches the importance of working hard and our voting system. ( )

This book was a good example of a modern fantasy because it could never happen in real life. The duck decided to leave the farm he lives on to become a politician. Ducks cannot be a politician and the president of the United States. Ducks do not have the ability to talk and campaign on a platform for the election. But this story did show elections work. You learn about re-counts and cheating to make your team win. The setting of this book starts at the farm the duck lives on and progresses through different political offices until the duck is the president of the United States in Washington D.C. The duck is the main character of this book (protagonist). The duck moves from place to place being elected into office. You see duck change somewhat but he stays set in his ways. Duck thought living on the farm was not the most fun but by the end duck realizes that living and working on the farm is not the bad after all.
The media that is used in this book is watercolors with maybe some pen accents. The paint looks semi-transparent so that is why I believe the media is this.
Age Appropriateness: primary, intermediate

This is a fun book for children to learn the different stages many Presidents go through before obtaining the office of Presidency.

Genre: Modern Fantasy

This is modern fantasy because there is no way this plot could actually be believable even if the characters did exist. Ducks cannot campaign for president in real life. Animals do not have those abilities or mental processes, and there is a lot more involved in elections and politics than simply posting votes and holding protests and making signs. The only bits of truth involved in this story is that there are elections that are held to announce and decide leaders, and there are always people that win and people that lose.

Duck is the main character in this book, and as the main character, he moves from one place and pursuit to another. He is a round character because he is always changing his mind from where he wants to go next. He is never happy with where he gets to, even though most of the time they are the very goals he is pursuing. He starts out being somewhat okay with where he is, working on the farm, until he becomes disgruntled and starts working up the politics ladder. At the end of the book, however, he realizes that working on the farm is not so bad after all and that politics are not what he is really into. Duck just wanted to get out of hard work, and by the end of the book, his attitude changed.

The media used in this book are watercolors painted with a brush. I can tell this is what the illustrator used because of the transparency of some of the colors, and by the way that the lines are uneven and not straight across. Some of the colors also even go outside the lines.

This book would be appropriate for grades K-4. This book would be good to use around election time. It will help students learn about the voting and election process. It also shows the different levels of power.