by Jane Chapman (Illustrator), Phyllis Root (Author)
Count all of the animals who come splishing, plunking, slooshing to the rescue in this counting board book! (ages 2 months-2years)
Can two fish, tails going swish, help? Will three moose, munching on spruce, be able to pull the unlucky duck out of the muck? Now perfectly sized for small hands, this counting rhyme is a feast of sounds and numbers that will have young listeners scrambling to join the slippy, sloppy fun!
Format: Picture Book
Pages: 32
Edition: Board Book ed.
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 03 Aug 2001
ISBN 10: 0763611042
ISBN 13: 9780763611040
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 the toddler crowd.
--Booklist
[A] merry counting book . . . Root's bouncy tale, aided by rousing watercolor illustrations, would be a delight even if the duck in question didn't eventually manage to fly free of 'the muggy, buggy marsh.'
--Parenting
Jane Chapman has a pet tortoise named Muggs, who at the age of seventy is a family heirloom, and one day she would like to have a duck as well. She is the illustrator of several books for children, including THE EMPEROR'S EGG by Martin Jenkins and THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS by Vivian French.