Following his beak and hoping for the best, the Duck, who has woken up late and missed his flight south, desperately tries to catch up with his friends. But it isn't so easy when every way he turns he comes up against pigeons, parrots and vociferous vultures and never has any luck.

 

This book is part of a book series called Red Fox Picture Books .

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1999 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

Robin Tzannes lives in New York City. Korky Paul lives in the UK.