It all began when one very curious little duckling decided to leave the nest and follow a moth on an adventure. When Mommy Duck returns to her nest, only to find herself one duckling short, her quest begins to track him down in Have You Seen My Duckling?
Throughout the story, Mommy searches high and low in the pond, asking all the animals, “Have you seen my duckling?”
Nancy Tafuri, author and illustrator of Have You Seen My Duckling?, manages with very few words, to weave a tale that is full of suspense, tenderness, and at the same time, amusing. Young children will be drawn into the story through the lovely paintings and experience concern over the duckling’s separation from his mother. (Although the wanderlust duckling is having the time of his life and doesn’t seem the least bit concerned!) In each picture the missing duckling can be seen in the distance, and children will delight in finding him.
“Have You Seen My Ducking” was first published in 1984 and received a Caldecott Honor. Although the first time through, children will need to search for the missing duckling, it stands up well to repeated readings, with children delighting each and every time they spot the missing duckling. In my opinion this is a must for the preschooler’s bookshelf, and the very first book I’ve bought for “Future Grandbaby”!
BTW… Here is a sneak peek of the project that I am going to share with you to use with Have You Seen My Duckling? Too cute, right?
EDIT: The pattern for the Wooden Ducklings can be found HERE.
I don’t know this book but I want to now and can I go on record of say OMG your little ducklings are adorable! Stinkin’ awesome adorable. Can’t wait for more of a peak.
Great book and I love the wooden ducks!
now that you mention it, I totally remember having this book as a kid! when i have some children of my own, I’ll have to check your website again so I can remember to buy this for them, too 🙂
This was one of my daughter’s first favorite books. After we discovered it we went on to check out many more Nancy Tafuri books from the library – each one was delightful! Her bunnies and squirels are great! Thanks for the reminder.
do you have the patterns somewhere else? i just ordered this book and would love to make these for my son’s 2nd birthday.
Here is the link to the post that includes the pattern…
https://weefolkart.com/content/wooden-ducklings. I will have to double check the pattern lists and make sure it gets added to the toy section. Our pattern page is under construction atm and quite a mess… we’re working on it ;).