55) Duck on a Bike by David Shannon

Bibliographic Citation: Shannon, David. Duck on a Bike. Blue Sky Press, 2002. 40 pages. ISBN: 978-0439050234.

Format: Hardcover

Age Group: Ages 3-4 Years

Annotation:  Duck decides to ride a bike.

Reflection: Duck on a Bike is a story that mainly focuses on repetition.  It shows the

main character, duck, riding a bike past many of his barnyard animal friends.  His friends consist of a cow, sheep, dog, cat, horse, chicken, goat, two pigs, and mouse.  As he passes each different animal, the story shows that animal making its signature noise.  For example, the horse says “neigh” and the cat says “meow.”  At first, all the animals look down upon duck for riding a bike, but as the book nears its end, it shows all the other animals riding bikes as well.  This shows the moral of the story is don’t knock it until you try it.  This book also has very entertaining, full page illustrations.  

Categorization Tags: Ducks, Domestic Animals, Bicycles and Bicycling