Its Springtime in my Backyard (age 4-8)
By Kathy Mazur
Spring Ducks Books (2005)
Reviewed by Jennifer Imparato for Reader Views (1/06)

This book is an amazing learn to read book. It is the story of a child and her interaction with two ducks at the beginning of spring. The story is written in short sentences that children can understand which are accompanied by real photographs and drawings that illustrate what the words are explaining.

At the end of the story, there is information about male and female mallards, as well as pictures of other animals and plants that signal the beginning of spring. This book also includes a CD, on which the child the book is written about (Lauren Mazur, age 7) reads the book.

I would recommend this book to any parent with a young child. Its not only a fun story for beginning readers, but its also a lesson about mallards as well. Thats like two lessons in one story.

Kathy Mazur, President of Spring Ducks Books, LLC, has a BA in Communication Arts from the University of Wisconsin in Madison, and has a background in residential real estate. She is a full-time mother to a 9 year old daughter and resides in Madison, Wisconsin. Lauren, Mazur's daughter, began speech therapy when she was four years old. As part of strengthening her communication skills, Mazur was always thinking of new ideas to foster her daughter's love of reading and writing.