One Duck Stuck: A Mucky Ducky Counting Book
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“Perfect for reading aloud, this counting book not only contains bright bold illustrations but also has lots of . . . sound effects that children will love to replicate.” — Booklist
Down by the marsh,
by the sleepy,
slimy marsh,
one duck
gets stuck in the muck . . .
Can two fish, tails going swish, help? What about three moose, munching on spruce? Bright, spirited illustrations by Jane Chapman enhance this one-of-a-kind counting tale by Phyllis Root — a feast of sounds and numbers that will have listeners scrambling to join in the slippy, sloppy fun.
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“Perfect for reading aloud, this counting book not only contains bright bold illustrations but also has lots of ‘clomp, clomp’ and ‘splish, splash,’ as well as other sound effects that children will love to replicate… great fun and sure to become an instant favorite among toddlers.”— Booklist
Also by Phyllis Root
Publisher : Candlewick
Publication date : March 1, 2003
Language : English
Print length : 40 pages
ISBN-10 : 0763615668
ISBN-13 : 978-0763615666
Item Weight : 8.2 ounces
Reading age : 1 – 3 years, from customers
Dimensions : 10.71 x 0.2 x 9.25 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #30,683 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #34 in Children’s Ducks & Other Waterfowl Books #89 in Children’s Counting Books #139 in Children’s Farm Animal Books (Books)
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Angela Seliman –
Repetition for vocab and fun
I used this book for core vocabulary building on my son’s aac device. The repetition and fun were greatly enjoyed. I will say that it bears a striking resemblance to another book we have enjoyed called My Truck is Stuck. We enjoyed this read a great deal.
Lori W. –
LOVE this book!!
Preschool teacher. I read it multiple times a year. I’ve taught two year olds through Pre-K, and they all love the story! It’s got a good rhythm to it, and allows times for the children to “ read” the repeated phrases. Which they love!
Mark Masaki –
One of my favorite children’s books; Humanitarian aid as told by animals.
This is the paperback version, good book by Phyllis Root. The pictures illustrated by Jane Chapman are colorful and easy for children to identify. While reading it to a group of preschoolers, I noticed the words had a beat to it. Some of the students were rocking to the beat. Maybe it was the way I was reading it, maybe they had too much energy? I don’t know, but whatever the case was, they enjoyed the book. Teaching children social values like working together to help an animal in distress (or anyone in need for that matter) is what I think is the best aspects of this story. For educational value, counting the animal pictures are optional. I totally recommend it.
A. Allen –
Fun to Search for the Stuck Duck
The words to this book are extremely simple. However, both my children (3 and 7; 2 and 6 when purchased) LOVE looking for little duck hiding in the picture and counting the duck.If your child likes pointing things out in pictures and talking about the illustration more than sitting still for a long story, this is a perfect book for you! Now my 3 year old has the patience for traditional “seek and find” books, but this book was a great transition into that, as she only had to look for one thing (the duck) and it was hidden just enough to be engaging without being too difficult to find.Even now, as a bedtime story, I much prefer this to the traditional seek and find, which can keep my kids awake way long after story reading should have been finished! 🙂
Dasari Anusha –
… darling children’s book — that moms and dads will love, too
One Duck Stuck is a darling children’s book — that moms and dads will love, too! We checked this out of the library, and liked it so much we went to amazon.com and bought 3!It’s rhythmic verse is enchanting and the kids recite it like a song. The alliteration is clever, as well.The illustrations are colorful and alive!The whole book just draws you in and makes you want to read it over and over again.It’s a feel-good, happy, sing-song little story the whole family will love.
B. Money –
Pretty cute. Your kid would probably like it.
This is a pretty cute book and is among my daughter’s favorites. We have both the board book version and the soft cover. We bought the board book version hoping we could sub it in for the soft cover as it is simplified and more durable but my daughter knew the difference so the soft cover remains the favorite. The story is pretty cute though a little wordy and they call the opossums “possums” which isn’t accurate and a wee bit irksome but i’m trying to try to tolerate it.
Andrew –
Love this book! Get the paperback or hardcover for the full version!
So happy to find this book in the full version! We found it at the library once and have borrowed it many times since. It instantly became a favorite of ours. I decided to look for it for an Easter present for my 2 1/2 year old daughter, and it was hard to find the full version as opposed to the abridged board book version. Even when ordering on here there is really no exact way to tell if the paperback copy is the full version so I took a chance, and thank goodness I was right! The board book takes out a lot of the complicated language (which is what makes the book great). My toddler loves the full version and the words are so much more fun!
Taylor Wiggins –
Such a cute book!
Love this book! The repetition makes it enjoyable for younger toddlers but my 3 year old daughter still loves it and will even quote “help! Help! Who can help?”
suzanne cassar –
Very good counting and rhyming book.