Age: Preschool-Kindergarten

This is definitely a step away from picture books being created today. Very fantastical, Duck lends his prize-winning jelly bean collection to the king. After a year of waiting, Duck goes to get his jelly beans back, meeting a dog, a ladder, a stream, and bees along the way. They all wish to go with them but cannot for one reason or another. So Duck tells each one to make themself small and jump into his pocket. Cause, you know, just go along with it. It all reveals itself in the end.

This would be a great story to storytell, possibly with felt props that you can stick in your pocket. Based off of the French folk tale Drakestail (also known as Quackling). I wish Gerstein would have included some back matter mentioning its origins!