On her way to school, a young girl spots mallard ducks in the river and enthusiastically describes their appearance, habits, and behavior. Interspersed throughout the pages are facts about ducks.

The Mallard family is in a bit of a rut. While dad Mack is content to keep his family safe paddling around their New England Pond forever, mom Pam is eager to shake things up and show their kids teen son Dax and duckling daughter Gwen the whole wide world. After a migrating duck family alights on their pond with thrilling tales of far-flung places, Pam persuades Mack to embark on a family trip, via New York City, to tropical Jamaica.

"In 1945, against the backdrop of WWII, a soon-to-be-mama duck builds a nest in a precarious spot in the city of Milwaukee. Soon, news outlets around the world are carrying the hopeful story of the plucky duck"--

World-famous duck-tective Miss Mallard tracks down a stolen painting in Spain in this engaging Aladdin QUIX mystery. While on holiday in sunny Spain to attend a flamenco festival, Miss Mallard, the world-famous ducktective, and her nephew Willard Widgeon of the Swiss police become involved with intrigue. A painting by Miss Mallard's great friend, El Ducko, Spain's wealthiest artist, is stolen. Miss Mallard goes undercover as a flamenco dancer to "quack"...

Presents an introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior and habitat of mallards.

When Miss Mallard, the famous ducktective, is invited to Alaska to see the start of the famous dog sled race, her skills are challenged by the dognapping of a prize husky.

World-famous duck-tective Miss Mallard's ski vacation is a bust when she finds herself on the tail of a bundled-up bandit in this engaging Aladdin QUIX mystery.

Presents a study of ducks and examines where they live in the wild, what they look like, what they eat and how they hunt for food, mating and nesting, and how they care for their young.