Little Quack's Hide and Seek

Little Quack

by Lauren Thompson, Derek Anderson (Illustrator)

Little Quack's Mama is counting to ten in a game of hide-and-seek. The ducklings find places to hide...all except Little Quack.

Where should he hide? Laugh along with the cutest duck family ever in this new Classic Board Book edition!

Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Counting, Childrens, Family, Storytime, Fiction

34 pages, Board Book

First published February 1, 2004

Reviews

[Brie-Lenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Text-to-Teaching Connection: This story seems appropriate for a Kindergarten math lesson. The story describes how 5 little ducks hide from their mother in a fun game of hide-and-seek. The teacher could read the story and then use rubber ducks to hide around the classroom. The students could break into small groups and have 5 ducks assigned to each group that are hidden by the teacher. The students could use a dry erase board to write down simple equations as they find each duck. Example: One group of 5 students finds 2 ducks at first, so on their dry-erase board they would express the equation 5-2=3. This would help them keep track of how many they have left since they know there are 5 ducks they need to find total.

[Denise Bucklew · Rating 5 out of 5]

I truly enjoyed reading this one to my granddaughter!!! It was an interesting educational read!!!

[Mr. Cody · Rating 5 out of 5]

Little Quack’s siblings are totally punk

[Ashley Klausmeyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a cute book that I would love to read in my future classroom. It is a fun story that allows the kids to follow and count along throughout the story. It teaches them simple math. This book also has very good pictures that kids will love.

[Sarah Sammis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Little Quack's Hide and Seek by Lauren Thompson is a cute book about a family of ducklings playing hide and seek with their mother. It has bright illustrations that delighted Harriet.

Little Quack is the last to hide when her mother starts counting. She watches as all her siblings take the best hiding places. In desperation she ends up finding the best hiding spot. Her solution is a humorous twist on the typical hide and seek picture book story.

As a parent I laughed along with my children as Little Quack pulled that trick on her mother. I can't tell you how many times my children have been right beside me and in my panic to keep them near me I haven't seen them doing exactly what I've asked. The only unbelievable part of the book was how the other ducklings kept quiet. When one of my two is hiding in plain sight, the other doesn't keep quiet about it.

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mother duck decides to play hide and seek with her ducklings. They all hide save Little Quack who can't find a spot. But being clever, he finds the perfect hiding spot and is the last to be found!

Cute.

The illustrations are colorful and expressive.

[Laysha Daulton · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of my favorite children's books as a kid. It is about a momma duck and her five ducklings who play hide and seek together. The illustrators are great and the book includes simple math that the children can easily follow along with.

[Diane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Illustrations are adorable.

[Shawn Deal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Little quack has great adventures as he explores his world for the first times and many of the adventures are about this little duck coming into contact with something for the first time. A great little series that is wonderfully illustrated. The little duck is fully animated with a Hugh range of facial expressions.

[Mackenzie Brown]

This is a great book, especially for those learning to read, count, add, and subtract. It shows five ducklings playing hide and seek with their mother. You can count along with the mother. You can follow along at the bottom and count the ducklings. It also shows the subtraction and answer. It's a really cute book and it can help make learning fun.

[Savannah Crider · Rating 4 out of 5]

Little Quack's Hide and Seek would be perfect for Kindergarten students in my opinion. The story is about a Mama duck and her 5 little ducklings playing a game of hide-and-seek. It is a short and simple story that young students would love. This book can also assist in beginning counting 1-10. Some students may be able to read this story alone or with the assistance of an adult.

[Lillian Katavitch · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book, it is so fun! the pictures are nice. And the font is nice also. This book is good for a child in second grade who is reading. I also like that this book has the math at the Bottom, this I great because children can learn math and reading.

[The Christian School Librarian · Rating 4 out of 5]

My Opinion: Cute story!
Theme/Topics: Counting, Ducks, Habitat, Ponds
Clean or Inappropriate: Clean
Age Group: Pre-K and Kindergarten
Kids Response: They liked it. They kept pointing to where Little Quack was hiding

[Stain’s Number 1 Fan Watson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book describes a mother duck and her four ducklings as they play hide and seek. As each duckling finds a hiding place the author counts down by 1. This book would be very helpful in helping students to understand basic subtraction.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super cute illustrations accompany very simple text about a duck family playing hide-n-seek. There's numerals and duck pictures across the bottoms of several spreads to help kids make a connection to addition and subtraction.

A decent, but not outstanding, group read aloud at story time.

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm surprised I haven't reviewed this one before now! Little Quack books are very cute and great reads with preschoolers.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think this was my favorite one of all! You would never guess where Little Quack decides to hide.

[Melissa Namba · Rating 4 out of 5]

a fun counting book for little kids. great user of the game hide and seek because it is something most littles can relate to.

[MeganRuth - Alohamora Open a Book · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute and simple book with a math concept. It could make a great book for a toddler/preschool storytime.

[Angela De Groot · Rating 4 out of 5]

Adorable ducklings play hide and seek with their mom. Counting to ten and simple subtraction and addition as duckling hide and are then found one by one. Cute and clever.

[Olivia · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great little counting and math story (add and take away the ducks). The kids enjoy it and it’s a nice learning tool.

[Roben · Rating 4 out of 5]

Have fun counting to five and subtracting while playing hide and go seek with Little Quack and his family.

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fun book for counting and introducing subtraction for kindergarten students.

[skcocnaH · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nothing out of the ordinary here. The illustrations weren’t my favorite kind of style. I bumped it up a star because the littlest duck was kinda cute.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute and silly toddler story

[Ronda · Rating 5 out of 5]

My kindergarten really got excited over Little Quack's hiding place--and how he was the last one found.

[E & E’s Mama · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun way to introduce/work on very simple subtraction

[Jenna Montgomery · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute story of Mama and five ducklings which incorporates subtraction with hide and seek and a clever hiding spot.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book multiple times to a one-year-old and to his brother, who is in kindergarten.. They really enjoyed it. We counted how many ducks still had to hide and later how many were found. The book has an illustration about subtraction at the bottom of each page, but that was above their level because they are so young. I asked the kindergartener questions about where each duckling hid and if it was a good idea to hide behind the mommy duck. he was surprised when Little Quack was the last duckling to be found. I love the illustrations in this book. This book shows how to do the subtraction at the bottom of the page, I did not use that for these two boys.

Interest Level
Grades K - 2
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 1.7
Lexile® Measure: AD610L
DRA: 16
Guided Reading: J
Type of Book: Counting and Number Book

[Anthony W · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book deals with the mamma duck and her five little ducks. They play hide and seek and the mamma looks for them all and they all have a great time.

This book not only has a funny story but the illistrations are well portrayed. When reading this book it has a fun story to enjoy but also it helps young children to count. On the bottom of the pages it is either adding or subtracting little ducks. This book might make it possible to help work on math with younger students in the classroom. It is a very CUTE picture book. (Thats for you Nicholle)