Berta and Elmer Hader
Quack Quack: The Story of a Little Wild Duck
Hardcover
(Macmillan March 15, 1961)
, 1st edition
A baby mallard duckling gets separated from his family. Captured by a young boy, taken to a farm for fattening, he escapes into the wild. Scared by the shot of a hunter, he flies away until he finds himself out over the ocean. Too tired to fly any more, he lands on a passing ship. Eventually, he finds his way back to the marshland that was his home.