Have you seen my duckling?

A lovely, nicely illustrated book that encourages the listener (or reader) to find the baby duck that its mother is looking for. So, a sweet, feeling Where's Waldo!

This is a cute, delightful tale of a mother duck searching for one of her ducklings. It is a story of a duckling who seeks freedom, but only if he/she can keep mother in sight.

I liked all the art work this book. It told the whole story because there was very little literature in the book. I can tell this book is for very young children, probably around the age of three and under. There are many animals in the book but the good thing the author did was when it came to the animals that would normally scared a child she made them seem very friendly by making all of smiling.

This story is very interactive and has the audience participate by looking for the missing duck. Even though the missing duck was never lost, simply hidden in each picture. I like how this book also promotes reaching out or asking for help. Mother duck needed help finding her missing duck so she asked the other pond animals for help.

"Have You Seen My Duckling" is an adorable and fun book for young readers. The repetition of the phrase, "have you seen my duckling" is the first thing that I enjoy about this book. It allows readers to get involved because they can read along with the teacher as the mother duck approaches different pond residents. Next, I love the illustrations. As we can tell, the duck is viewable on each page but it's just hiding behind something. I think it would be a fun task for readers to try to find the duckling on every page. Finally, I enjoy the simplicity of the "big idea." It is to encourage adventure. The first page says, "to the little duckling in all of us." Overall, it's a really sweet story to read with young children!

I would love to give this five stars, with its theme of the one duckling being the bold adventurer, the simple text, the counting, the hide'n'seek... but the birds are not drawn accurately!  Is it a bittern, or a heron; a grebe, or a merganser?

This is a story of few words but wonderful pictures. I really like that about the book. It said what needed to be said to keep the story going, but otherwise it just let you explore the pictures with your eyes. I also really liked that the one duckling that was lost could be seen in each picture hidden. I think that would be a great thing to use in the classroom with students to really get them to see the pictures.