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That opening scene with Duck in his red and blue stripped swimsuit and Skunk in a sombrero is so cute. I’m dying. You can tell it’s Jan Brett’s art style from the first page. Hen in that dress is so darlin�. The sidewinder in the tree is spooking me. The other animals are cute.

It’s duck’s birthday and his friends are giving him all these things that go in water or a pool. This is set in the desert and there isn’t much water. There are a lot of people at this party. Then they have to wait around for the last guest. It’s Tortoise and he has the blow up pool. Duck gets to spend the day with his friends.

Eve has some great rhymes in this beginning book for kids. The tone is so party and happy. I love it. The animals are so cute overload. This book doesn’t need to be forgotten, it’s too cute.

The Nephew did read this with me and he enjoyed the animals. We had to pick out who we thought was the cutest. Niece now has a thing for snakes, so if she had read this, I’m sure she would have picked the sidewinder, but both Nephew and I thought he was creepy. (Seriously, we were out walking at a park this week and Niece spotted a black snake that scurried away. She squealed, it’s so cute, I wish I had petted it. Good lord. I know black snakes are good, but petting a wild snake, really girl?) The Nephew gave this story 4 stars and wanted to go swim in his back yard quarantine pool. It’s 3 feet and it’s enough to get you wet.