10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle tells the story of ten rubber ducks who are washed overboard in a storm. The ducks were made in a factory and loaded on a ship to go all over the world. But when the wind and waves wash them into the ocean, their lives become a little more exciting. As the ducks drift in different directions they meet all kinds of animals. One of the ducks meets a dolphin and another a seal. One encounters a polar bears while a whale sings to another. As the sun is setting and darkness closes in, the tenth little rubber duck alone, bobbing in the ocean when he encounters a family that looks a lot like him.