Galon the Northern Pintail Duck is the story about a duck who lives at a pond with all of the animals from the pond, surrounding woods and the local farm. Galon travels through various experiences in the series of books and tackles modern problems children have as they grow up. The first book has to do with losing his parents before he was hatched and not having a family like the rest of the animals. He has to learn what a family really is. In this book many of the main characters around the pond are introduced to the book series.