title: The Wide World of Suzie Mallard
author: Hazel Hutchins
description: <DIV>This delightful children's book chronicles a year in the life of Suzie Mallard, from her birth on the Canadian prairies to her migration south in the fall. Everything follows its natural course - until Suzie is suddenly knocked from the sky by a storm somewhere in the lower Mississippi Valley. Rescued by a young girl named Alicia, Suzie regains her health and yearns to return to the northern nesting grounds as the days grow longer and warmer. Will Alicia let her go or keep her forever safe in the pen she has built beneath the live oak tree? Alicia's decision to allow Suzie to continue her journey offers an important lesson about the lives of ducks and other wild creatures. (10 x 8 3/4, 32 pages, color illustrations)<br></div>
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  Song of suzies
  
  
  By Dave Balcom
  
  
  Copyright © 2014 Dave Balcom
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  Smashwords Edition
  
  
    
  
  
  License Notes
  
  
  This e-book is licensed for your personal
  
  
  enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to
  
  
  other people. If you would like to share this book with another
  
  
  person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If
  
  
  you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not
  
  
  purchased for your use only, then please go on line and purchase
  
  
  your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this
  
  
  author.
  
  
    
  
  
  “I’m in Heaven, when I hear that
  
  
  suzie calling back to me...”
  
  
  From the song, Same Time Each Year, written and
  
  
  produced by Tom Paden
  
  
    
  
  
  # ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
  
  The term “suzies” has been used to describe hen
  
  
  mallard ducks since time out of mind, but tracking down the history
  
  
  or source of the term was a failure on my part; non-hunting readers
  
  
  will just have to a