Robert Quackenbush

"Henry the Duck is a very good neighbor. Even though he has never babysat, when his friend Clara asks him to watch her nephew he says yes. How hard can it be? But then, one neighbor after another asks Henry to babysit and before he knows it, he's in the middle of five crying, crawling, out-of-control babies!" -- Amazon.com.

Due to circumstances beyond his control, Henry arrives at Clara's birthday party just before he thinks it will end.

Henry the duck tries all sorts of methods to rid his kitchen of an ant before his guest comes to supper.

An election is held at Pebble Junction to see whether a turkey, a vulture, or a duck should reign as the Thanksgiving symbol.

Chuck Mouse helps his friend, Maxine, move a tall chest of drawers with disastrous results.

A picture-book biography of the Wright brothers who made the first successful motor-powered flight in the history of mankind.

Highlights the life of the prolific inventor who gave the world such useful items as the electric light, motion pictures, and the phonograph.

Highlights the life of the plant breeder who developed many new trees, fruit, flowers, vegetables, grains, and grasses and improved many plants and trees aleady known.

A humorous biography of the twenty-sixth president, emphasizing his love of animals and wildlife and his activities as a conservationist.