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 Duck's Key - Jez Alborough
Description: ISBN 0007177658 / Author: Jez Alborough / Genre: Junior Books / Duck has lost his silver key. I wonder where that key can be? Lift the flaps -- take a peek, Frog is playing hide and seek. A rhyming, flap book introducing Jez Alborough's endearingly hapless character, Duck, to ... more  Duck's Key - Jez Alborough ... an even younger audience. Duck wants to take Frog out for a drive in his truck but he has lost his key and can't start the engine. Where can it be? Could Frog know anything about it? Lift the flaps in this engaging book, to help Duck find his key.Newest Review: ... of the truck but frog always manages to stay one step ahead of him. Finally Duck looks in the drivers seat and sees the keys ... more ... in the ignition. The story ends with Duck driving off and beneath a flap made from smoke for the exhaust is frog who says,
'STOP! You've forgotten your suitcase, Duck.'
***The Illustrations***
As with all the other books in this series, the drawings are fantastic. The expressions on the animal's faces tell the story well and the bright colours really catch a child's eye. The flaps in this book are pretty sturdy and thicker than in some other books such as the Spot series.
***My Thoughts***
My son loves the...more |
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Duck's Key - Jez Alborough: Where's The Key? (594 words)
by belfin - written on 11/01/08 (Very useful, 142 readings)
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***The Background*** Jez Alborough is one of my favourite children's authors and illustrators. He has written lots of lovely books and this is another one in the Duck series of rhyming delights. ***The Story*** The little rhyme on the back of the book goes like this, "Duck has lost his silver key. I wonder where the key can be? Lift the flaps - take a peek, Frog is playing hide and seek." The story starts with Duck standing beside his car with a suitcase saying that he has lost his keys. Behind a flap there is a little green frog holding the keys saying, 'Don't tell Duck!' Duck ...
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