First There are Seven, then There are Eight…
Poor Mother Duck is in a panic. 
When she went to sleep, she was sitting on seven eggs, but when she woke up, they had hatched—and they were all gone. 
Frantically, she looks for them, and she is so happy that she finds them.
But she keeps finding them, all day long. By the time she is done, she has more babies than she started out with. In the end, she claims all thirteen of them, and they head off to sleep.
This is a great picture book that is a counting book, too. Be sure to point out to little ones that the numbers are getting bigger than seven.
Children will squeal at the pictures of the “babies” Mother Duck finds. It will bring chuckles that she keeps adding more, and more to her family. As Mother Duck discovers, we sometimes have unexpected additions.
But that is just fine in this big happy family. This feel-good, five-star book will be enjoyed by ages three through seven-years-old.
Thanks to Candlewick Books, for providing Tickmenot with a complimentary copy of, “Seven Little Ducklings,” by Annette Leblanc Cate, for the purpose of review. All opinions expressed are my own, and I was not required, or influenced, to give anything but an honest appraisal.
