One after another different groups of creatures try to pull the unlucky duck out of the icky, sticky muck - five frogs, six skunks, seven snails, eight possums, nine snakes and ten dragonflies. But no luck. Then they all try together and, at last, the duck gets unstuck.

 

 

There are 40 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 in 1999 by Walker Books Ltd .

Phyllis Root has been writing for children for thirty years and has published more than forty books for young children. She currently teaches in the MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Hamline University. Karma Wilson's tale is accompanied by the most enchanting of illustrations by Jane Chapman.