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Mary Elting (1906–2005)

Author of Q is for Duck: an Alphabet Guessing Game

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Includes the names: Davis Cole, ELTING MARY, Campbell Tatham

Works by Mary Elting

Q is for Duck: an Alphabet Guessing Game (1980) 543 copies
Dinosaurs (A Golden Look-Look Book) (1987) 174 copies
The Big Golden Book of Dinosaurs (1988) 96 copies
Miss Polly's Animal School (Wonder Books Easy Readers) (1961) 56 copies
The Answer Book (1656) 54 copies
The Real Book about Trains (1951) 52 copies
Whitman Learn About Book: Flowers and What They Are (1961) 46 copies
Answers and More Answers (1961) 45 copies
Volcanoes and Earthquakes (1990) 44 copies
If You Lived in the Days of the Wild Mammoth Hunters (1968) 39 copies
The Secret Story of Pueblo Bonito [A Science Parade Book] (1963) 32 copies
Question and Answer Book (Wonder Books Easy Readers) (1940) 30 copies
Snakes and Other Reptiles (1987) 29 copies
How the Animals Get to the Zoo (Wonder Books Easy Readers) (1964) 23 copies
The Macmillan Book of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures (1984) 23 copies
All Aboard! The Trains That Built America (1969) 21 copies
Dinosaur Mysteries (1980) 19 copies
The Macmillan Book of the Human Body (1986) 16 copies
Ships at Work (1953) 15 copies
Still more answers (1970) 13 copies
The Story of Archeology in the Americas (1960) 13 copies
What's Going On Here? (1968) 12 copies
The Hopi Way (1750) 11 copies
Trucks at Work (1946) 11 copies
Machines at work (1953) 10 copies
Flags of all nations and the people who live under them (1967) 10 copies
The Helicopter Mystery (1958) 10 copies
We are the Government, (1945) 9 copies
The Mysterious Grain 9 copies
What Happens To A Drink Of Water? (1971) 9 copies
Trains at Work (1953) 9 copies
The Big Red Pajama Wagon (Whitman Tell-a-Tale) (1949) 9 copies
The Lollypop Factory: And Lots of Others (1946) 9 copies
The Arrow Book of Answers (1961) 8 copies
The Answer Book About You (1980) 8 copies
The Answer Book of Geography (1964) 8 copies
The Arrow Book of Science Facts (1959) 8 copies
Speckles and the Triplets [Whitman Tell-a-Tale #874] (1949) 7 copies
How Many Legs, How Many Toes (1971) 7 copies
The Answer Book of History 7 copies
Pussy Cat's Secret (Whitman Tell-A-Tale) (1949) 6 copies
Battles, how they are won (1944) 6 copies
Who Lives on the Farm? (1949) 6 copies
Every Child's Answer Book (1970) 6 copies
Runaway Ginger [Whitman Tell-a-Tale] (1949) 6 copies
Mysterious Seas (1983) 6 copies
The Answer Book About Animals (1984) 5 copies
Wheels and Noises (1950) 5 copies
New Answer Book (1977) 5 copies
Smoky, the Baby Goat [Whitman Tell-a-Tale 867] (1947) 5 copies
Every Child's Book of Why and When (1971) 4 copies
The Arrow Book of Nurses (1963) 4 copies
Uncle Toby's Christmas book, for all the family; illustrated by Julian Brazelton. (1936) — Editor — 4 copies
The First Book of Nurses 4 copies
The first book of automobiles (1966) 4 copies
Mysterious Grain: Science in Search of the Origin of Corn (1982) 3 copies
The first book of boats (1945) 3 copies
Gorilla Mysteries (1981) 3 copies
The First Flying Book 2 copies
Rolling Wheels 2 copies
Helicopters at Work (1972) 2 copies
The First Book of Trucks 2 copies
Antworten und noch mehr Antworten. Das zweite große Antwortbuch.Deutsche Ausgabe v. Ehlert, Otto 2 copies
Lady The Little Blue Mare (1950) 2 copies
Patch, (1948) 2 copies
A Whitman Learn About Book Flowers and What They Are 1 copy
Miss Polly`s Animal School 1 copy
Wishes and secrets 1 copy
Księga dinozaurów (1994) 1 copy
Das Antwortbuch der Geschichte 1 copy
Santa Claus 1 copy
The Answer Book About Robots and Other Inventions (1984) 1 copy
Het tweede antwoordenboek 1 copy
Soldiers, Sailors, Fliers and Marines 1 copy
Why? What? Where? Answers to 300 Questions Children Ask 1 copy
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Best in Children's Books 29 (1960) 90 copies
Best in Children's Books 20 (1959) 81 copies
Best in Children's Books 02 (1957) 69 copies
Best in Children's Books 05 (1957) 63 copies

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Answers and More Answers : Answers to Questions… by Mary Elting
The 1961 edition of this book starts on page 5 so, I have made alterations to the total page count. It now reflects that the book has 149 numbered pages, instead of 153.

This brings me to the unnumbered pages... The index, which hasn't any page numbers, is 4 pages in length, with the final page of the index is printed on the "recto" side of the back end papers, and therefore not counted.

Other than these discrepancies, that I have noted for my own use, this is one of my favorite childhood books. It encouraged me to follow my path toward a life-long engineering career and also taught me to never stop asking questions and searching for the answers.… (more)
 
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Q is for Duck by Mary Elting
This book was a guessing game that used alphabet letters to present different animal noises. You could use this as a true interactive read aloud with the class, and have the students try to guess why certain alphabet letters represent certain animals.
 
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