Review: Splish, Splash, Flappy Ducks

Splish, Splash, Flappy Ducks

Written by Ann Tobias

Illustrated by Dubravka Kolanovic

Publication Date: 2005
Publisher: The Five Mile Press
ISBN: 978-1-74124-911-8

Summary/Back cover:
The rain poured down.
"It's a beautiful day," said Mama Duck. "A perfect day for little ducklings to play outside."
But the little ducklings have other ideas about being outside in the wet and the rain... until the sun comes out!

This is a beautiful wee book, made just that little bit more special with fuzzy bits - all the pictures of ducks in the book are fuzzy to touch, which appeals to my 2 year old greatly. He'll touch the duck, then touch another part of the page and say "Fuzzy... smooth" - great sensory learning happening there!

The story follows three ducklings who are sent to play outside in the rain. The ducklings grumble for a while, and talk about why they don't like the rain (one of them sneezes, which causes a fit of fake-sneezes in our house), but finishes with the ducks happy that the sun comes out for them to play in.

This is a lovely wee book that says it is for ages 5 and up, but is very suitable to read babies and toddlers, too. It would be a great first-reader though, so I guess that's why it has those ages on it?

It gets a bit confusing talking about Fluffy, Flappy and Fancy duck with their fuzzy feathers if you read the book multiple times in a sitting, but beyond that, this is a very easy book to read aloud to small children.

My rating: 4 out of 5.

Review written by Bronwyn