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40 pp.
| HarperCollins |
February, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-06-028685-7$$14.95
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A rhyming text relates the troubles of a duck whose truck gets stuck in the muck. Large, clear illustrations, which alternate between double-page spreads and panels of various sizes, are the main strength of the book; the art makes the most of the story's physical comedy, with exaggerated humor and an engaging animal cast, including a frog, a sheep, and a goat who all come to help out.