This is a really cute little board book. It tells about five little ducklings that are supposed to be going to sleep. On each page the ducklings hear or see something in the dark and ask the mama duck what it is. She explains what it is and then one of the ducklings falls asleep, this continues until all the ducklings are asleep.
My 2 year old loves this book and makes us read it over and over. The pictures are very cute. When we read it, we made up actions for each of the things that happened (firefly's blinking, trees swaying, etc). This book really lent itself to having actions added and talks about the sounds things made; my son loves repeating the sounds and actions both.
There was a lot of educational value packed in this book. Of course there are five little ducklings who progressively fall asleep; so you get a little counting in there. We would ask my son how many ducklings were left awake. You get to learn about sounds at night and make neat sounds. All the little ducklings have cute names, so we would ask my son what there names were. We actually called the last duck Little (my son's name), instead of Little Quack and he got a kick out of that. Also this book talks about scary things in the dark and how they aren't so scary. It also has a positive ending about why the dark is good.
All in all I was surprised at how many fun little bits of knowledge were packed into this book. A great book for a kid that is afraid of the dark or for any little kid that loves books.
As I said my son loves it and has been making us read it at least 2 times a night for the last couple weeks.
My 2 year old loves this book and makes us read it over and over. The pictures are very cute. When we read it, we made up actions for each of the things that happened (firefly's blinking, trees swaying, etc). This book really lent itself to having actions added and talks about the sounds things made; my son loves repeating the sounds and actions both.
There was a lot of educational value packed in this book. Of course there are five little ducklings who progressively fall asleep; so you get a little counting in there. We would ask my son how many ducklings were left awake. You get to learn about sounds at night and make neat sounds. All the little ducklings have cute names, so we would ask my son what there names were. We actually called the last duck Little (my son's name), instead of Little Quack and he got a kick out of that. Also this book talks about scary things in the dark and how they aren't so scary. It also has a positive ending about why the dark is good.
All in all I was surprised at how many fun little bits of knowledge were packed into this book. A great book for a kid that is afraid of the dark or for any little kid that loves books.
As I said my son loves it and has been making us read it at least 2 times a night for the last couple weeks.
