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Jez Alborough
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Pages: 32 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0007170351
Pub: Collins Audio
Pub date: 2003-09-01
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2097580
Editorial Review:
Following on from the huge success of Jez Alborough's Duck in the Truck and Fix-it Duck , the irrepressible Duck returns for further adventures in Captain Duck.
Duck has run out of petrol for his truck (a rather snazzy red number, incidentally) and decides to call on his friend Goat, who always has a supply of fuel and who surely wouldn't mind if he "borrowed" some? Duck's beady gaze falls upon Frog and Sheep preparing to set off on a pleasure trip with Goat in his motor boat. Like Toad in The Wind in the Willows, Duck is immediately convinced that this is "the only way to travel" and loses all interest in his beloved truck! While Goat's back is turned, Duck commandeers the boat, appointing himself as Captain (complete with jaunty nautical cap, naturally) and speeds off with his reluctant crew. Of course, chaos ensues, with the friends getting washed out to sea and Duck discovering that he's a landlubber after all. There's also a subtle moral message in Duck's come-uppance as a reminder to ask before taking anything!
Written entirely in rhyming couplets that beg to be read aloud, Captain Duck is a humorous romp enhanced by Alborough's colourful and lively illustrations. Ages 3-7 years.--Alison Drury.
Reader Reviews:
Love this naughty duck to bits (2/2 people found this helpful)
My daughter loves this book.. (as do i)...we read this as one of our regular bedtime books ... along with the other books in this Duck series. Superb, funny, well illustrated and a nice hidden leson in the story.
brillliant, brilliant, brilliant (1/2 people found this helpful)
without a doubt the best childrens pre-school book i've read to my son (aged 4). The rhymes are excellent and it is very very funny. My son loves this and so do I. Highly recommended
the best children's book i've read to my son (1/2 people found this helpful)
this is a really great book which i came across by chance and enjoy reading as much as my son enjoys being read to. it is really funny in quite a few places and the rhyming which flows through the book is written extremely well. if you have a son/daughter age 3-6 i strongly recommend this book
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