The Chick and the Duckling - Big Book Author:Mirra Ginsburg, Jose Aruego (Illustrator), Ariane Dewey (Illustrator) THE CHICK AND THE DUCKLING (Theme: Growing and Changing) Grade 1 in the Houghton Mifflin Reading BIG BOOK PLUS Series. This book was designed to be easily seen and read from the back of the room. — It contains a story (The Chick and the Duckling), a poem (Big), a traditional Spanish song (Los pollitos dicen/ The Baby Chicks Sing), an article... more » (A Duckling Grows Up) from Your Big Backyard magazine, and a poem (I'm a Yellow-Bill Duck) by Jack Prelutsky.« less