About Marjorie Blain Parker Marjorie Blain Parker is the author of Jasper's Day and A Paddling of Ducks. Over the years, she and her family have shared their home with a banana king snake, a hamster, numerous fish and two ducks. Books by Marjorie Blain Parker Paddling of Ducks, A Animals in Groups from A to Z by (author) Marjorie Blain Parker illustrated by Joseph Kelly Jasper's Day by (author) Marjorie Blain Parker illustrated by Janet Wilson