This takes place at the beginning of the book, when Illustrations-although who isn't already familiar with Carle's It's hard to go wrong with Eric Carle! Interestīelow are the first three spreads, just to give you an idea of the School Library Journal called it 'a definite 10.' WeĪgree. Ordinal numbers (shown as '1st' as opposed to 'first') are used forĮach duck and printed in bold, making it a great resource for teaching 10 Little Rubber Ducks tells their story from production in a factory to 10 of themįalling into the sea during a storm, seeing different oceanic sites, andįinally ding their way to a different location. Scales the spill down to a more 'manageable' ten duckies adrift. I was surprised to see how informative a preschool to first grade book could be.10 Little Rubber Ducks is one of our favorite Eric Carle books, partially due to the colorful, perky illustrations and partially due to the fact that the story is based on an actual cargo ship accident that set 29,000 plasticĭucks, turtles and frogs adrift in the ocean.Eric Carle's version For example, one duck encounters a seal and the seal “barks” at him while another encounters a polar bear and he “growls” at the duck. Another attribute of this book that I think children will like deals with the animals the ducks encounters and the sounds or behaviors they display. As the ducks float away, some move right, some move left, up, down etc. I also liked how the author not only helps kids learn how to count, but he also teaches directions. Both pages while you look at it tell a separate process in creating the duck but it is illustrated as one whole picture, spread over 2 pages. Then on page 2 the ducks are being painted and the text explains that as well. For example, the first page of the book shows the ducks coming out of a machine that makes them and the text explains that. Personal Response: Examining the art work of the book, you can see that the illustrator designed the books so that each page tells one part of the story as the page next to it ties into previous page. The lost rubber duck finds a mother duck with her 9 ducklings and is accepted into their family.Ĭurriculum ties: Introduction to counting. One of the rubber ducks loses his way, while the others all find their place in the world. The 10 little rubber ducks each embark on their own journey. The boxes are then placed on a cargo ship and shipped to “faraway countries” however, during their journey, the cargo ship encounters a storm and one box is knocked overboard.

Summary: These rubber ducks are produced in a factory, and are packaged 10 to a box. The little rubber duck (10th rubber duck) floats along with them.”

The mother duck and her ducklings swim toward their nest. Show More “At the end of the day, the sun sets again.