Ten Little Rubber Ducks

Laura Ingalls Wilder Award Winner 2003

Citation:

Ten Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle. (Harper Collins Publishing, 2005). 29p. Counting Picture Book.

Summary:

Ten rubber ducks have different adventures after they fall overboard.

Critique:

a.         The illustrations are what make this story so appealing for children.

b.         The illustrations are bright and appear to be pieces of torn paper and painting put together to create accurate depictions of the rubber duck in a new environment.

c.         The tenth duck finds himself in the company of a mother duck and her ducklings, and he is soon floating along with them as a member of the family where the difference between the rubber duck and the ducklings are small yet clear in the illustrations.

Curriculum Connection:  

Ten Little Rubber Ducks would be a nice addition to any preschool classroom’s math library.  The colorful pictures and familiar toy provides a nice character to encourage not only counting but the introduction of ordinal numbers.