Lucky Duck - Jonathan Shipton

Lucky Duck by Jonathan Shipton is a nice picture book for bedtime reading. It's available from places like Amazon for £4.99, but we got it as part of a brilliant value pack from Bananas.co.uk which included 10 Macmillan picture books (including this one) for £8. They're out of stock at the minute but do search around as often these things come back in stock, or on a similar seller's website. Lucky Duck is a story about a little duck who goes missing. The grandson was particularly fond of the star of this story, as he's rather keen on ducks anyway. The little boy in the story is obviously sad at losing his duck, as they had played and read and slept ...  Read the complete review

Lucky Duck is a rather sweet little picture book aimed at young children and written and illustrated by Jonathan Shipton and Suzanne Diederen. It tells the story of the very strong bond one little boy has with his very special toy - a story which I am sure that most children and parents will be able to relate to. The little boy is Lenny and the special toy is Duck. Duck is the sort of toy that does everything with Lenny - drawing, playing, even going on holiday which is sadly where it all goes wrong. On holiday, which is staying at Gran's house by the sea, they still do everything together right up until the time when they are due to go home. All of a sudden ...  Read the complete review