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Raise confident, motivated, ready for school success kids!
A Place for Parents, Teachers & Kids
Transform your parenting with joyful strategies that turn everyday moments into learning adventures. From magical story time to sparking curiosity, this book equips you with fun tools to help your child thrive. Click below for book summary. Purchase in Dilly's Bookstore, & everywhere books are sold. Paper & audiobook
Celebrate New Teacher Graduates! To New Beginnings is a thoughtful alternative to a traditional greeting card. Discover bite-sized practical advice, heartwarming anecdotes, thought-provoking quotes, and Kid Quotes journal pages, all crafted to guide new teachers through the maze of their first year of teaching.
Kindergarten pre-reading preparation guides for parents. Kindergarten pre-reading tips for parents of 2-7-year-old children! FREE Resources! Be sure to read Hero Parent Hub's Blog articles at Book Chatter Press!
FREE 12-page Classroom Activity Guide to use with your Dilly Duck Plays All Day and Dilly Duck Plans a Parade Picture Books! A week's worth of extension learning activities!
Download FREE and Fun Field Guide, Art Projects, Reading & Math Activities- perfect for ages 2-7!
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and MORE REVIEWS! “…the message that is left behind – “Together is Better” – is a wonderful statement/sentiment of inclusiveness which is a great reminder for us all.”
Dilly Duck Plays All Day now animated! Watch and Listen on YouTube.
Dilly Duck Plans a Parade Hear the story read on YouTube!
SING Along to the Dilly Song on YouTube!
Holly for Hire - I will create S.T.R.E.T.CH Picture Book Resource Guide matched to your picture book, OR - a Children's Coloring Book edition of your picture book.
Three DELUXE personalized and autographed hardcover books in a box! Gift this delightful rhyming adventure series to your favorite little ones today.
Dilly Duck Plays All Day teaches pre-reading, math & identifying emotions. Dilly Duck Plans a Parade introduces the senses and color identification. Dilly Duck Saves the Day is about helping friends and environmental awareness. A 12-page Extension Activity Guide for teachers & parents is free with book purchase.
Best of all, Dilly Duck is fun, and children will want to join her play day adventures again and again!
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"This book was engaging from the very first page. I loved the teaching of counting and rhyming as the story promoted inclusion and social skills. Each page is beautifully illustrated and draws the reader in. I thoroughly enjoyed the story as a teacher."
"Dilly Duck Plays All Day is a colorful rhyming and counting book written by a professional educator. The author weaves a fun story with beautiful illustrations. The bonus? A free, downloadable activity book for parents, teachers, and grandparents to build their children’s math, sight words and social-emotional intelligence."
"Dilly Duck is a favorite in our house. My kids have been choosing your book during reading time for weeks!"
"Dilly Duck Plays All Day is a fun counting and rhyming picture book while also showing how life is better with friends! The illustrations are beautiful and engaging. This book had us smiling from the beginning to the end. The reflective questions and Duck Facts at the end of the book are an added bonus. This is a book your child will want to read over and over again!!"
I Love it! Holly was easy to work with. The S.T.R.E.T.C.H Guide she provided me was well-researched and formatted to complement my book. She went over and beyond her task. I am very satisfied with her work and give her a 5-star recommendation. Liliana Tommasini, author
Holly's Halfway Home Activity Resource Guide serves as an instrument that assists both teachers and students by integrating life experiences and cross-over learning" Dave, Retired Elementary Teacher
You nailed it! I am blown out of the water! Only a teacher could create such a useful Resource Guide for teachers! Matches perfectly to my book!
Erin Mariah Murphy, author
Sending postcards to family and friends is a perfect activity for young children to practice writing their name, a few words, or a picture. They will feel a sense of accomplishment and stay connected!
Holly DiBella-McCarthy is a former special education teacher, school administrator, and University professor. She is currently writing and coaching full-time.
Holly’s children’s books are written to make learning fun for children and the adults who read to them. Her award-winning books for children include Dilly Duck Plays All Day and Dilly Duck Plans a Parade. The third Book in the Dilly & Friends series, Dilly Duck Saves the Day, will be published this year. She has also published a Level One Reader: Dilly and Friends See Me Read.
Holly creates STRETCH Resource Guides, as well as Coloring Book Editions, matched to picture books. She offers creation and coaching services to authors wishing to produce the same.
Holly's passions are education and advocacy as she continues to support parents and teachers through Raising Kindergarten Ready Kids resources.
Her monthly Quack Chatter newsletter includes screen-free learning fun for kids ages 3-6. Her blog articles explore topics related to school readiness, including best practices to prepare children for preschool, kindergarten, and future school success.
Holly enjoys adult collaboration. In addition to working with children’s book authors, she coaches beginning teachers in resume writing, interviewing, and year-one success strategies. Holly also teaches Book Folding for Beginners classes and has several published books and pattern kits on the subject.
On the bank of a great big lake, in a park called Wonder Wake, Dilly Duck sits all alone, so sad and bored on her own. There is just one thing to do. Find her friends, her flock, her crew!
DILLY DUCK PLAYS ALL DAY is a rhyming picture book written to expand pre-reading skills, math skills, and emotional vocabulary for children ages 2-6.
DILLY DUCK PLANS a PARADE, the second book in the series, matches the Kindergarten curriculum teaching compassion for people with hidden disabilities, color words, and the five senses. When the ducks ask for help to find color from around the lake for their color parade, Dilly Duck convinces her beaver friend to join the crew. How will Billy Beaver be able to help when the only color he can see is brown?
DILLY DUCK SAVES THE DAY coming September 2024! A Quacky Adventure in Eco-Friendly Problem Solving and Teamwork!
We donate Dilly Duck & Friends books to children in Title 1 schools and Hospitals! For every 10 hardcover books ordered from this site, one new Dilly Duck book will be placed in a Little Green Library to spread joy and education to children globally.