tree, now they can't play at all. Frog has an idea, Duck lends a hand but nothing turns out quite as planned.

鴨先生和朋友們去打棒球，卻把球“打”到了樹杈間， 自作聰明的鴨先生，又把球棒和手套扔上了天， 唉，事情越來越麻煩……
作者簡介
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。