Lillee thinks that being the last-born, skinniest, smallest duckling of the clutch is not all it's cracked up to be. Her siblings can duck and dive, but she'd much rather keep her webbed feet on terra firma. So she sets off into the dark, green forest to see what the big world has to offer. But what she finds there quickly convinces Lille that life on the pond isn't so bad after all!

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2000 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

Joan Rankin studied Graphic Art at the Michaelis School of Art in Cape Town. Her first children's book was published in 1986 and in 1991 she won the Katrine Harries Award for her illustrations.