Deep in the Swamp

By: Donna M. Bateman / Illustrated by: Brian Lies Sing and count like swamp critters do! Set to the melody of “Over in the Meadow” by Olive A. Wadsworth, young readers will get a kick out of reading and singing about creatures that make the swamp their home. Count from one otter pup and his mother, two little turtles and their mama snapping turtle, three little chicks and their mother flame bird, all the way up to ten baby crayfish and their mom. Brian Lies’s lush illustrations are alive with light and color, and they show the various habitats of each swamp critter. For more advanced readers, backmatter includes fun facts about all the plants and animals named in this story, set in the Okefenokee Swamp. If you like this book, you’ll enjoy these:Counting is for the BirdsThe Baseball Counting BookButterfly Counting [TABS] Look Inside Author & Illustrator Donna M. Bateman, author Donna M. Bateman is a former Spanish and French teacher. Deep in the Swamp is her first picture b