Title of Children's Book?

Question

I'm trying to remember the name of a book I had when I was very young (early-mid 1980's). I think it was one of the Golden Books, but I'm not sure. It was about forest creatures, mothers with their babies. It was also a counting book. With each creature, the number of babies increased and the words rhymed. I particularly remember the family of lizards basking in the sun, "Bask said the mother, we bask said the (# of babies) and they basked all day...." I can't remember the rest.
Can anyone help?

Answer 1

I don't know the book, but I do know the song. It is "Over in the Meadow" written by Olive A. Wadsworth in the 1800s.

Over in the meadow, in the sand in the sun,
Lived an old mother toadie and her little toadie one.
"Wink!" said the Mother; "I wink!" said the one,
So they winked and they blinked in the sand in the sun.

Over in the meadow, where the stream runs blue,
Lived an old mother fish and her little fishes two.
"Swim!" said the mother; "We swim!" said the two,
So they swam and they leaped where the stream runs blue.

Over in the meadow, in a hole in a tree,
Lived an old mother bluebird and her little birdies three.
"Sing!" said the mother; "We sing!" said the three,
So they sang and were glad in a hole in the tree.

Over in the meadow, in the reeds on the shore,
Lived an old mother muskrat and her little ratties four.
"Dive!" said the mother; "We dive!" said the four,
So they dived and they burrowed in the reeds on the shore.

Over in the meadow, in a snug beehive,
Lived a mother honey bee and her little bees five.
"Buzz!" said the mother; "We buzz!" said the five,
So they buzzed and they hummed in the snug beehive.

Over in the meadow, in a nest built of sticks,
Lived a black mother crow and her little crows six.
"Caw!" said the mother; "We caw!" said the six,
So they cawed and the called in their nest built of sticks.

Over in the meadow, where the grass is so even,
Lived a gay mother cricket and her little crickets seven.
"Chirp!" said the mother, "We chirp!" said the seven,
So they chirped cheery notes in the grass soft and even.

Over in the meadow, by the old mossy gate,
Lived a brown mother lizard and her little lizards eight.
"Bask!" said the mother, "We bask!" said the eight,
So they basked in the sun on the old mossy gate.

Over in the meadow, where the quiet pools shine,
Lived a green mother frog and her little froggies nine.
"Croak!" said the mother, "We croak!" said the nine,
So they croaked and they splashed where the quiet pools shine.

Over in the meadow, in a sly little den,
Lived a gray mother spider and her little spiders ten.
"Spin!" said the mother; "We spin!" said the ten,
So they spun lacy webs in their sly little den.

Answer 2

It seems like My First Counting Book, by Lillian Moore, a Little Golden Book in which counting is done with baby animals (a puppy, 3 foals, 5 kittens, etc).

You may look it up at online at: http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/index.pperl

The number seven is:

Waddle, waddle, waddle
the baby ducklings go
waddling after mother duck
seven in a row.

You may buy it in many bookstores, or order it online from Random house or Amazon.

Happy Reading!