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Wet Duck, Dry Duck
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Wet Duck, Dry Duck

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Splash! Dot is wet. Sun! Dot is dry. A first book with one short sentence per page, where friends really get wet and really get dry.

10pop-up spreads
20things to tap
2new words
Words in this book
wetdryeveryonefroghooraylittlerainshake
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Little Dot the duck is dry and fluffy. Splash! She jumps in the pond, and now she is wet. The sun comes out, and Dot is dry again. Frog splashes in too, and Dot rubs him dry with her striped towel. A rain cloud soaks Sheep, so Sheep gives a big shake. Then the rain comes for everyone, and at sunset the three friends hug on the towel, warm and dry.

A rain cloud pours on Sheep while Dot and Frog stay under a red umbrella, in Wet Duck, Dry Duck.
A rain cloud pours on Sheep while Dot and Frog stay under a red umbrella, in Wet Duck, Dry Duck.
Dot, Frog and Sheep by the pond on a sunny day.
Dot, Frog and Sheep by the pond on a sunny day.
Shake, shake! Sheep is dry and extra fluffy.
Shake, shake! Sheep is dry and extra fluffy.
Everyone is dry, hugging on the striped towel at sunset.
Everyone is dry, hugging on the striped towel at sunset.

The two new words

wet

Covered with water and dripping. It comes up 7 times, and every time a friend on the page splashes into the pond or stands under a rain cloud, then drips real little water drops.

dry

No water on it, warm and fluffy. It comes up 8 times, and every time a friend dries off in the sun, with a towel or with a big shake, and turns fluffy again.

Made for children just starting kindergarten: one sentence per page, three to six words. One pattern comes back and only one word changes: “Splash! Dot is wet.” / “Sun! Dot is dry.”, then Frog, then Sheep. Every other word is one a four-year-old already knows: sun, rain, splash, frog, sheep, hug.

Questions to ask while you read

Pause after each spread and ask one question. There are no right answers; the point is to get your child talking.

  1. 1Is Dot wet or dry? How can you tell?
  2. 2Splash! What happened to Dot?
  3. 3What makes Dot dry again?
  4. 4Who jumps in the pond now? Is Frog wet?
  5. 5What is Dot holding? How does it help Frog?
  6. 6Look at the cloud! What happens to Sheep?
  7. 7How does Sheep get dry? Can you shake like Sheep?
  8. 8Who is wet now? Who is under the rain?
  9. 9Tap a friend or a toy: is it wet or dry now?
  10. 10How do the friends feel on the towel at sunset?

Tips for parents

  • First time: use Read to me and just enjoy the splashes and the rain. The whole book takes about a minute and a half.
  • Join in with the pattern: after two pages, let your child say the last word — “wet!” or “dry!”
  • Act it out: shake like Sheep, rub like a towel, and hold your hands up to the sun.
  • Play it for real at bath time or after washing hands: touch a wet hand and a dry towel and say the words: “Wet! Dry!”
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