Dear Duck, Please Come!

2026 IBPA Book Award - Gold Winner (Best Picture Book) IPPY Gold Medal (Best Picture Book) >"A sweet, funny story . . . great for fans of A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh." ―Kirkus Reviews

On the other side of the old wooden bridge, deep in Piney Glen, Duck opens his mailbox to find a letter from Rabbit: Dear Duck, Please come! I lost my tooth.

Duck sets out to find that tooth―it's a good-friend thing to do, after all. Along the way, he enlists help from Badger, Turtle, Squirrel, and Mouse.

Can they be the kind of friends Rabbit most needs?

Sarah Mackenzie (readaloudrevival.com) is an enthusiastic reader of picture books and host of the Read-Aloud Revival podcast. She lives in Eastern Washington with her husband and six kids, where they homeschool, read aloud, and sometimes lose their teeth.

Charles Santoso loves drawing little things in his little journal and dreams about funny, wondrous stories. He is the creator of Happy Hippo and has illustrated many books, including Finding Muchness by Kobi Yamada and the New York Times bestseller Odder. He moves around between different countries to live and work. You can visit him at www.charlessantoso.com.