Make Way for Ducklings 

By: Robert McCloskey

Published in 1941 and received the Caldecott Award in 1942
McCloskey, R. (1941). Make way for ducklings. New York: Viking Press.

Make Way for Ducklings is the Story of two ducks Mr. and Mrs. Mallard, who are expecting duckings, make their way around the city of Boston, MA for the perfect spot to raise their family.  Eventually, the ducklings our born and they still have not found the spot to raise their family.  Mrs. Mallard agrees to meet Mr. Mallard in the public gardens, so she makes her way through boston with her eight ducklings, and find their home. 

Boston remembers Make Way for Ducklings with bronze statues of Mrs. Mallard and the eight duckings in the Boston Public Garden. 

Content areas for Teaching

Animals

City Life

Boston

Birds

Travel