This entertaining counting book introduces ten Australian animals in rhyming verses that can be sung to the tune of 'Over in the Meadow'. Each double-page spreads presents an animal and an increasing number of offspring, so that we move from a crocodile and its single baby to an emu with ten chicks. In a spirit of fun, a further ten Australian animals are hidden in the backgrounds of the pages and must be searched for. A map of their distribution and factual information about all the creatures is given in an afterword.