Sitting outside the classroom of first grade teacher Laura Backman is a sight to behold.  Lemon the duck basking in the early spring sunshine of a beautiful New England morning.  Ms. Backman transports Lemon to and from her school - Melville School of Portsmouth, RI - every day so that her children can show their love and attention to this unusual creature.

Based on a true story
Ms. Lake and her class have tended to an egg-hatching project for the past month and are eager to welcome four little ducklings  into the world.  But the students soon realize that the soft little one they've named Lemon is different from the other hatchlings.   She looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, but she can't stand or walk like a duck.  How can Lemon ever be happy if she cant' do all the things ducks love to do?

Discover how students help lift Lemon up with a little creativity and a lot of extra special, and how this unforgettable duck shows them what love and acceptance are all about.

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Book Review from Amazon.com

Inspiring, Joyful, and Thought-provoking, September 4, 2008

By	Bob Tarte (Lowell, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This is a joyful and thought-provoking book for all ages about how animals can cope with serious handicaps. I've witnessed my own critters make remarkable comebacks from serious illness and injury, including a blind turkey named Hazel. 'Lemon the Duck' is a chronicle of just this kind of courage. It's inspiring on the human side, too. Few people would go to the trouble of teaching a duck with neurological problems to stand up and feed on her own. Laura Backman and her students show how far love can go, and you have to wonder who benefited most - Lemon, or Laura and the children. Both the text and the superb illustrations make this book a must. - Bob Tarte, author of 'Enslaved by Ducks' and 'Fowl Weather.'