Publishers Weekly
The trouble begins with a leaky roof in the sequel to Duck in a Truck, Fix-It Duck by Jez Alborough, and follows the, er, handy quacker on a series of missteps. (Apr.) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 1-Duck, Sheep, Goat, and Frog are together again in this sequel to Duck in the Truck (HarperCollins, 1999). This time, Duck fancies himself a repairman when he thinks his roof is leaking. He leaves to enlist the help of his friends and finds more things that seem to need fixing, only to cause havoc and quite a bit of damage to unfortunate Sheep's trailer. In the very first picture, Frog notices the real reason for the leak (Duck has forgotten to turn off his bathwater), but he cannot get his attention. Alborough tells the story in rhyming couplets with a cadence that engages listeners and advances the action through hilarious scenes. The large, vivid illustrations provide the visual narration for the misadventures. The pictures both delight (bright red truck, vibrant green jeep, multicolored umbrella) and comfort (claw-foot bathtub, fluffy bathrobe, steaming mugs). This book will have broad appeal to preschool audiences and work well for storytime crowds.-Laurie von Mehren, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Parma, OH Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
Kirkus Reviews
Alborough's Duck (Duck in the Truck, 2000) is a forgetful, accident-prone goofball, but with his can-do enthusiasm and his watch cap and tool chest, he has the charm of a French comedian. While Alborough's verse doesn't display a whole lot of verbal dazzle—"Plop! goes the drip that drops in the cup. / Duck looks down and Duck looks up. / A leak in the roof. Oh, what bad luck! / This is a job for . . . FIX-IT DUCK." But he needs a ladder to reach his roof, which requires a trip to Sheep's trailer house. And sure enough, Sheep appears to have a leak in his skylight—a skylight that Duck, in the thrall of neighborly fix-itiveness, quickly turns into splinters of glass. That occasions a wild, jerry-rigged tow to Goat's shed to get Sheep's trailer out of the rain and ends with Sheep's home flipped on its side in Goat's duck pond. Alborough peddles his low farce is an entirely jaunty atmosphere, complete with Duck's fire-engine red roadster and a selection of beatific rural venues. And somehow it all seems quite plausible, which gives this installment that much more of a kick for young readers and their fix-it parents. (Picture book. 3-6)
San Francisco Chronicle
Wonderful comic illustrations…action packed.
