Fix-it Duck: Complete & Unabridged

Fabulously bright, detailed illustrations capture the mood of the humourous text beautifully, making this divinely comic picture book for the very young an absolute must-read for everyone who has ever tried their hand at a little DIY. (Ages 2 and over.) --Susan Harrison

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our favourite! (0/0 people found this helpful)

This has rapidly become a firm favourite with our son who is 2 1/2. The pictures are great, the rhyming story captivating, with plenty of disasters to talk about! We all join in with 'this is a job for fix-it duck', in fact, if anything needs fixing now, 'fix-it Daddy' does it. A must for all 2yr old budding DIY-ers. The other duck books are great too, but I think this is the best.

Brilliant - but careful which you buy (3/3 people found this helpful)

OK - Fix It Duck is absolutely brilliant, I love it and force my 19-month old son to listen to it again and again and again (luckily, he quite likes it too).

BUT one of the versions on amazon is the American version - the differences are small but I found them very annoying ("'A flat,' says Duck"/ "he forgot to turn his faucet off!"). I think it's the version published by Kane/Miller that's American.

A story within a story,,entertaining both for child and adult (0/0 people found this helpful)

The first book in the series which we bought for our son.I cannot emphasise the hours of enjoyment so far from this one book alone.It lends itself to much pantomime..and we concentrate on different aspects of the story,( naming all the duck's tools is a particular favourite for our 21mth old son , at the moment), without necessarily reading the text 'verbatim'. There are so many 'mini- stories' within the story, which you can adapt to suit different situations at home.. A fantastic book, which holds a child's concentration...Their first "novel", in effect.A great discovery in children's literature.

Brilliant book for children and adults to enjoy together (0/0 people found this helpful)

One of the best books I have read with my daughter in ages.
We had got all the way to the end and not even noticed the frog until we started again. Like some of the best films where you see more in the pictures every time you read it.
Every time we get to the words I pause and my 3-year-old shouts out "FIX-IT-DUCK".
It's a real audience participation story.
Really lovely book, can't recommend it enough.

Fix-it duck (1/1 people found this helpful)

This is one of the few children's stories that I love reading as much as my children. Every adult who's picked this up in our house has laughed out loud at the ending - the twist in the tale makes it extra amusing, but the combination of a funny story, excellent illustrations and the opportunity for even very young children to remember some of the lines makes this one of our favourite books. Highly recommended.

Fix-it Duck: Complete & Unabridged

J. Alborough

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