Duck in the Fridge is an explanation of why a father reads Mother Goose stories to his soon each night. After finding ducks in the fridge and watching their misbehavior he calls 1-800-ducks-b-gone, who send him sheep that are in no way any help. he makes another call.... you see where this is going. The only thing that gets all the animals to stop misbehaving, calm down and go to sleep is reading Mother Goose. As the father finishes the boy is falling asleep. Duck in the Fridge is written as a bedtime story. When the son asks Dad why he reads Mother Goose to him every night, Dad begins telling the story of why, beginning with finding a duck in his fridge when he was a boy. You get the sense that this is complete made up nonsense for the boy's benefit, but in the end the little boy falls asleep surrounded by all of the animals in Dad's story.The story Dad tells is a bit reminiscent of If You Give A Mouse A Cookie. First there is a duck in the fridge who wants crackers, then pizza, then t.v. He tries to get rid of the ducks by bringing in sheep. He keeps bringing in larger animals, but the "party" just gets wilder. Throughout the story, there are numerous speech bubbles as well as the narration. This is distracting and the puns are often not something children would understand such as "Just put it on my bill."Duck in the Fridge is chaotic. There is a lot going on. I would not say this story would be a calming bedtime story. The illustrations are good and colorful, but extremely crowded.I think children would enjoy the silliness of this story, but I would recommend saving it for day time if you want your child to actually go to sleep!
What do You think about Duck In The Fridge (2014)?
Cute story and fun pictures. A fun reason as to why we read bedtime stories!
—MAriann
A very funny story with piling-up animals that just will not let go...
—Ms_G
Funny book about reading bedtime story to child at night
—Jay
A cute bedtime story book to read with your children.
—awesome
