🐤 Duck in the Fridge by Jeff Mack | Kid's Book Read Aloud

It’s time for bed, but that doesn’t mean it’s time for the same old boring bedtime story. This one starts with a boy who discovers a duck in his fridge. Soon there are more ducks, and the only thing they are interested in is having fun. So the boy gets some dogs to scare them away...but things don’t go quite the way he planned. More and more animals arrive, and soon there’s a party. Will the boy ever be able to get to sleep? Filled with puns and loads of visual humor, the silliness pours off each page of this rollicking story.

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Reviews
From School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 1—Most folks read Mother Goose to their kids because it's full of fun rhymes that encourage literacy development, but not the dad in this story. To answer his son's question about why they always read the collection of rhymes at bedtime, the father tells a fantastical anecdote about his own childhood. Trouble began when he found a rambunctious duck in the fridge. He was soon greeted by more ducks, who overran his entire house, got into his bed, ate all of his crackers, and then ordered pizza. When he called "1-800-DUCK-B-GONE," hoping for something to scare away the fowl creatures, a crate of sheep arrived. Subsequent efforts to get rid of the pests brought more, and bigger animals. They played cards, ordered more pizza, and watched TV, until the boy discovered that they couldn't read and calmed them down with Mother Goose tales, putting the creatures to sleep. A plethora of puns so bad they are funny, speech balloons asides, and the cartoonish hilarity of Mack's bold digital illustrations are sure to elicit many giggles. A wild and incredibly silly romp of a bedtime story that should appeal to fans of David Ezra Stein's Interrupting Chicken (Candlewick, 2010) or Doreen Cronin's classic Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (S. & S., 2000).—Yelena Alekseyeva-Popova, formerly at Chappaqua Library, NY

"Although totally corny, this book is VERY funny! It's time for bed and the the little boy asks his dad why he always reads Mother Goose to him. His dad replies that it all started when he found a duck in the fridge! As a child, his dad found a duck and a mess one night when he opened the fridge. Upon returning with a towel he found three more ducks! It just got worse as the ducks appeared everywhere, even in his bed! What does one of the ducks say when the boy wants to know who is going to pay for all the food they want? "Just put it on my bill." (Get it?!)

Calling 1-800-DUCK-B-GONE the boy was sent a kit to scare the ducks away. What was it? Sheep! Did it work? No! This is how the story continues with more and more animals joining in. How does it end and what does Mother Goose have to do with it? You'll have to read this great, well-illustrated story to find out!

Written in a cartoon fashion, some of the speech is in speech bubbles. Formatted so that you read it in landscape mode there are two "pages" per Kindle page. Even though we only have a Paperwhite it was very readable. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!" -- Richard and Liz

About the Author
Jeff Mack is the creator of more than 40 picture books, chapter books, and early readers including Hush Little Polar Bear, Duck in the Fridge, and the Clueless McGee series. He has also illustrated award winning picture books and chapter books such as Eve Bunting’s Hurry! Hurry! and James Howe’s Bunnicula and Friends.

Originally from Syracuse, NY, he grew up fascinated by monsters and robots. He built his own pinball machines from cardboard boxes, and spent hour upon hour practicing his drawing. In the second grade, he started writing and illustrating his own comic books, and he's been doing it ever since.

Now at home in Western Massachusetts, he continues to write, paint, and visit with school groups to talk about his love of books and illustration. Visit him at www.jeffmack.com.

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