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An anxious mother duck leads her brood around the pond as she searches for one missing duckling.

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The mother duck wanders around the pond in search of her lost son/daughter. It goes through so many obstacles to find this one missing duckling.

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Early one morning... Have you seen my duckling?

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  • Wordless Book: Although there a very few words in this book, the wonderful illustrations tell the story in great detail

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This is book 1985 of 235 in Caldecott Honor. (authoritative list)

Preceded by Ten, Nine, Eight, and followed by King Bidgood's in the Bathtub.

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  1. Nancy Tafuri (Author)

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