I love this book! Need I say more?
OK, I will. This is about a little duckling who is easily distracted and doesn’t stay by momma duck, and the pond becomes a very scary place full of danger when she finds herself all alone. So it’s a cautionary tale. I had really hoped that reading it to my son (who would constantly run off with zero concern about being away from mommy or getting lost) would learn a little lesson from it(heh heh). Yeah, it didn’t change anything. But it does provide a platform to talk about the importance of staying with mommy or daddy when out in public.
I love the word choice: my favorite page goes, “Plog! went a frog. ‘Quack,’ said Daisy. ‘Ribbit,’ said the frog.” And the pictures are darling. This would be a good one to “read” to babies. Pick a favorite page, or however many they’ll sit through, and just tell a simple little story about just that page. Point out the characters and where they’re at and just let them take in the picture.