A ship carrying toys made in a factory encounters a storm in the middle of the vast ocean and ends up dropping one of its boxes into the sea. Inside the box were ten toy ducks! Carried by the waves, they drift apart, heading east and west, meeting various sea animals such as dolphins, seals, polar bears, and flamingos. But what did the tenth duck encounter…?
Based on a true story that made the news, this masterpiece by Eric Carle has been brilliantly adapted into a picture book with a refined structure, now available in a board book format. As you turn each page, sea creatures like flamingos and whales make their appearances one after another, filling you with excitement about what animal will show up next. This large-scale story, combined with bright, colorful illustrations and rhythmical translations that flow like waves, makes this an ideal picture book for reading aloud.
*Please note that the book does not include a mechanism that produces duck sounds.