Duckling is fascinated by the pale blue egg his Mommy laid. He doesn’t remember his own egg but Mommy and Daddy and Auntie Duck tell him about it. “You came in one too,” he tells an astonished Cousin Small after Grandpa affirms that “all ducks do.” Everyone watches and waits for the arrival of the newest duck on the pond, but no one is more eager than Duckling in Martin Waddell’s cheerful story that captures the anticipation and excitement that surrounds the arrival of a new family member. (Ages 2–4)

Martin Waddell and Jill Barton team up for a ducky celebration of springtime, family, and miraculous new arrivals.

"Did you come in an egg?" Duckling gasped.
"All ducks do," Grandpa said.

Mommy Duck has laid a pale blue egg among the rushes, and soon it will be quacking time at the lake. Duckling has never seen a duck egg before and finds it very hard to believe that a baby duck could fit inside. But now all the family is gathering—Auntie and Cousin and Grandpa—and the excitement is high as they wait for a tap-tap-tap and a CRACK! and, finally, a tiny beak and a head poking out. Little listeners will be more than eager to join in their final chorus: "Quack-quack! Quack-quack-quack!"