Dilly-Dally and the Nine Secrets

by Elizabeth MacDonald, Ken Brown (Illustrator)

Dilly-Dally Duck is hiding something mysterious in the reeds. In a charming parade that offers lots of counting fun, Dilly-Dally's nosy neighbors drop in to ask her what her growing number of secrets are all about. At the end, the reader "cracks" her secrets -- nine eggs with nine perfect ducklings inside

Genres: Mathematics

32 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2000

Reviews

[Brittany]

This book is a great way to reinforce counting, sequencing and predicting in your classroom. This book can help children practice how to read with expression. This book is about a duck and her eight reasons why she wouldn't swin in the riverbank. Her reasons was that she was keeping her eight eggs warm.

[Sam]

Coming from a large family and raising a larger-than-most family of my own, this story gave me warm chills. It's sweet, and a good sequencing concept book besides.