title: Ducks in Muck (For Baby Board Books)
author:  Lori Haskins 
description: Lori Haskins is the author of some of our most successful Step into Reading titles, including <i>Ducks in Muck </i>and <i>Too Many Dogs.</i><br /><br />Valeria Petrone has illustrated many books for children around the world. She lives in Italy.
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  Duck Boy
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ![duck](miniduck.png)
  
  
  Published by Bitingduck Press
  
  
    
  
  
  eISBN 978-1-938463-61-7
  
  
    
  
  
  © 2012 Bill Bunn
  
  
    
  
  
  All rights reserved
  
  
    
  
  
  For information contact
  
  
    
  
  
  Bitingduck Press, LLC
  
  
    
  
  
  Altadena, CA 91001
  
  
    
  
  
  http://www.bitingduckpress.com
  
  
    
  
  
  Cover image by Dena Eaton
  
  
    
  
  
  Introductory quote from from the Penguin publication _The Gift: Poems by
  Hafiz,_ by Daniel Ladinsky. Copyright © 1999 Daniel Ladinsky and used with his
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  To my wife, who is life, my children, who are inspiration. Special thanks to
  Ken Rivard, Brad Quiring, and Diana Patterson.
  
  
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  Whatever you can do in a dream
  
  
    
  
  
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  My hands can pull—alive—from my coat pocket.
  
  
    
  
  
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  —Hafiz, “Imagination Does Not Exist,” from _The Gift_ (translated by Daniel
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