Pete the Cat: Five Little Ducks

Using the lyrics of the well-known children's song Five Little Ducks as a starting point, James Dean inserts his cool cat Pete into the story, creating a fun selection about a play-date in which the anatine participants start to disappear, one by one. Pete, who has replaced Mama Duck in the song, is......more

I normally like Pete the Cat; he's at his best when he stars in original stories, which have a goofy vibe and a hippie sensibility. However, when he's dropped into non-original content like this, Pete gets more generic and less appealing. Tiny tots will still enjoy it, but older kids will find littl......more

Summary: This book has Pete the cat leading a group of five ducks to the water, they do different things on there walk. As this walk continues Pete notices that the ducks start disappearing after they do one activity. Five ducks followed him to the water but only 4 ducks jumped in then they jumped......more

Review originally published on my blog, Nine Pages. This is a spin-off of Raffi’s iconic children’s song “Five Little Ducks,” and it was a cleverer spin-off than I expected it to be. There was more variation in this text than there is in the song lyrics. Pete finds the ducklings and tempts them t......more

"Pete the Cat Five Little Ducks" by James Dean is a spinoff of the classic song/tale five little ducks. Pete the cat is going out in his Wellington boots on a gloomy rainy day accompanied by five little ducks. With every description beginning "5 little ducks with 1 cool cat leading the way" every ac......more