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Five Little Ducks

Written by RaffiAuthor Alerts:  Random House will alert you to new works by Raffi
Illustrated by Jose AruegoAuthor Alerts:  Random House will alert you to new works by Jose Aruego and Ariane DeweyAuthor Alerts:  Random House will alert you to new works by Ariane Dewey


· Dragonfly Books
· Trade Paperback · Ages 0-3 years
· March 17, 1992 · $7.99 · 978-0-517-58360-9 (0-517-58360-7)

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

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 BIOGRAPHY

Raffi Cavoukian is an internationally renknowned musician and performer for children, best known for hits like Baby BelugaBananaphone, and Down by the Bay. He is the founder of the Centre for Child Honouring, which advocates for an ecological worldview, a whole systems shift in the way we make decisions that affect our children’s 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 Aruego was a lawyer before becoming a children’s 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 Yorker and the Saturday Evening Post, and his illustrations can be seen in Five Little Ducks by 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 children’s books. Originally from Chicago, she now lives in New York City. Her art can be seen in Five Little Ducks by Raffi.

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