
New cover reissue in million copy best-selling Duck in the Truck series. Plop! goes the drip that drops from 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.' Can he fix it? No he can't! Duck wants to show off his DIY skills. But, the trouble is, when Duck starts fixing things, the problems are only just beginning!
房屋漏雨了?天窗關不嚴? 鴨先生主動把活兒攬! 他心腸好,身體壯,工具全—— 卻越幫越忙添了亂……
杰茲•阿波羅,英國知名圖畫書作家。
Runner-up, Mother Goose Award, 1985, for Bare Bear; Graphics for Children Prize (with others), Bologna Children's Book Fair, 1987, for The Great Games Book; highly commended book citation, Kate Greenaway Medal, British Library Association, 2002, for Fix-It Duck.
1985年,Bare Bear榮獲英國鵝媽媽獎亞軍(Runner-up, Mother Goose Award);
1987年,與他人合作的The Great Games Book榮獲波隆那書展Graphics for Children Prize;
2002年,《爆笑鴨歷險記之修房記》(Fix-It Duck)榮獲凱特•格林納威大獎,并列入英國國家圖書館協會推薦童書。
Jez Alborough's picture books for young children feature rhyming texts and exaggerated drawings of animal characters in humorous scenarios that teach simple lessons to preschoolers. Alborough usually includes silly or ridiculous incidents in his picture books, and critics note that his cartoon-like drawings emphasize the humorous intent of his words, with his use of color, in particular, garnering applause. While Alborough's plots are sometimes faulted as overly conventional, critics invariably find his illustrations apt, vibrant, and appealing to children.
杰茲•阿波羅的圖畫書作品,語言風格風趣、押韻,畫風略顯夸張,情節往往出人意料,妙趣橫生。在幽默的故事中,潛移默化地讓孩子們學到了很多道理。在杰茲的圖畫書中,總是能看到引人發笑的小插曲,很多評論認為他漫畫式的畫風意在配合搞笑的語言,特別是他特有的色彩技巧,贏得了不少贊譽!盡管他突破傳統的風格不止一次受到質疑,但評論家們也不得不承認,他那充滿活力的圖畫書贏得了孩子們的喜愛。