Five Little Ducks

(Paperback)

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This board book featuring a counting song by Raffi makes the perfect "addition" to your springtime reading list!

Babies and toddlers willl love counting down as first five little ducks, then four, then three, then two, then one go out to play, not to return. Mother Duck waits until spring returns and with it her five ducks, all grown up-along with their new families of baby ducks. With sweet illustrations by veteran children's book artists Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey, this lovely counting song will invoke squeals of delight.

Sheet music is included in this paperback edition, perfect for singing and playing along!

Author Bio

Raffi Cavoukianis an internationally renknowned musician and performer for children, best known for hits likeBaby Beluga,Bananaphone, andDown by the Bay. He is the founder of the Centre for Child Honouring, whichadvocates for an ecological worldview, a whole systems shift in the way we make decisions that affect our childrens world. Learn more about Raffi, his music, and his foundation at RaffiNews.com, on Twitter at @Raffi_RC, or on Facebook at Facebook.com/Raffi.Cavoukian.

Jose Aruegowas a lawyer before becoming a childrens book illustrator. . A native of the Philippines, he moved to New York City in 1956 to study at Parsons School of Design. His cartoons were published in the New Yorkerand the Saturday Evening Post, and his illustrationscan be seen inFive Little Ducksby Raffi, as well as in the 82 children's books he wrote himself. He died in 2012.

Ariane Dewey, with her illustrating partner Jose Aruego, has illustrated over 60 childrens books. Originally from Chicago, she now lives in New York City. Her art can be seen in Five Little Ducks by Raffi.