Dance, Daddy, Dance Like Duck!

Name: Dance, Daddy, Dance Like Duck!
Author: Donna Collier Rickman

It is a happy birthday for Marcos at his grandparents’ house when he turns four years old, and a grand birthday celebration awaits him on his special day. It is no secret to his family that “he loves everything there is to know about ducks, and acts like them too!” Marcos watches how the baby ducks move their round, fluffy heads, blink their little button eyes, walk with webbed feet, flap their furry wings, and make “Quack, Quack, Q-U-A-C-K, Q-U-A-C-K” sounds at the pond. “What’s not to love about ducks?” asks Marcos. And if you could just be and act like one, why not do that? Plus, they’re just so cute, cuddly, and playful too! Why, on most days, Marcos can’t seem to leave the duck life behind him…that is until on his birthday when everything changes and something wonderful happens that rocks his whole world! Most importantly, he realizes that hard times and sad feelings don’t have to last forever. And sometimes, when Marcos feels that he is being misunderstood and not listened to…through it all at the end of his special day, he finds out what family really means to him.

Donna Collier Rickman

Donna Collier Rickman is a resident of Olivet, Michigan. She is a retired K-12 classroom teacher, school, and community health educator having worked within urban, suburban, and rural school districts, showcasing highly visible and culturally diverse communities in Michigan. Donna is a mother and grandmother and knows how much young children can let their imaginations run wild to befriend and imitate many animals in their movements and sounds, thus helping them to cope and adjust with changes in their own lives. A dramatist, lecturer, and poet, she is also a member of the Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.