I Can Help in the ­Neighborhood

Toddler-PreS–An adorable duckling shows readers that we all have gifts to share and we need help from time to time from others. As the duckling leaves the fountain where it was swimming with its family, it wanders into the tall grass and gets lost. When it realizes that it is separated from its family, it is quickly helped by a rabbit, who is able to hop above the grass and see the lost duckling’s family. Rabbit is next to need help when it becomes tangled in a kite string. The story progresses in this manner as animal after animal assists and needs assistance until, at the story’s conclusion, the duckling is able to offer aid with its own special knowledge. Illustrations focus on the friendliness of the characters and feature animals that many young ­children will have seen (including a very sweet rat!)