Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

Make Way for Ducklings takes place in the city of Boston, and many of the places Mr. and Mrs. Mallard and their ducklings visit are still there today. Even though the book was written in 1941, many of these places look very close to what they looked like when Robert McCloskey drew them for the book. Here are some pictures from today of those places: 

Boston Public Garden Footbridge (pause the video at 1:21)

Swan Boat at the Public Garden (pause the video at 2:10)

Boston State House (pause the video at 3:25)

This is the highway, now called Storrow Drive. The gap between buildings across the street is Mt. Vernon Street, the road the family traveled down next. (pause the video at 8:00)

Mrs. Mallard with Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack, and Quack inside Boston Public Garden. (pause the video at 11:41)