Margarita and the Beautiful Gifts, by Janet Garman (Sawdust Publishing, 2016, 36 pages, ages 1-8)
A Delightful Read
A nice lady farmer in central Maryland gives a home to two new ducks that she names Margarita and Jimmy. In return, they want to thank her, but how?
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The Good Life
Life is good on Timber Creek Farm. All the farm animals know each other and get along (mostly): pigs and cats and chickens and sheep and, of course, all the beautiful ducks that the lady farmer loves so much. Because life is so idyllic, Margarita and Jimmy decide to give the farmer gifts to thank her, so they save up.
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Just what the gifts are, besides being beautiful, is up to you, dear reader, to find out but on the way you will learn fun facts about ducks in the Duck Facts snippets. You will learn why a mother duck sometimes rolls an egg out from her nest and that father ducks sometimes guard the nest so the mother duck can take a break from sitting and sitting and sitting on her duck nest.
Can you solve the mystery when some of the duck eggs go missing?
Margarita is sure to delight your young ones. And even sneak in some educational facts about ducks or maybe make a farmer out of her (him) one day!
In your choice of paperback or hard cover, or the fun and lovely gift set edition.
