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‘A wonderful, tender evocation of friendship and how its power can help you overcome your worst fears. A pure splash of joy.’ <\/b>The Daily Mail<\/i><\/p>\n

Duck is not like other ducks. Duck doesn’t like water and is perfectly fine alone, thank you very much. But then, one dark and stormy night, an outgoing, water-loving, and very lost Frog turns up at Duck’s door. Can this odd couple find Frog’s home? And will they find friendship along the way? <\/p>\n

This endearing, gorgeously illustrated tale marked\u00c2\u00a0the author-illustrator debut for Steve Small, illustrator of the highly acclaimed, I’m Sticking with You\u00c2\u00a0<\/b><\/i>and is now available in this board book edition.<\/p>\n

‘A beautiful book, with a zen-like balance, and full of light and drama, too.’\u00c2\u00a0<\/b>Benji\u00c2\u00a0Davies, creator of\u00c2\u00a0The Storm Whale<\/i>
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A gorgeous board book edition of this wise, funny fable about how we don’t need to like the same things to find our perfect pal, from the illustrator of much-loved\u00c2\u00a0I’m Sticking With You<\/i>.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[201],"product_tag":[26852,26850,26935,599],"class_list":{"0":"post-105342","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-childrens-board-book","6":"product_tag-childrens-teenage-fiction-animal-stories","7":"product_tag-childrens-teenage-fiction-humorous-stories","8":"product_tag-childrens-picture-books","9":"product_tag-short-stories","10":"pa_book_author-small-steve","11":"pa_cover-other","12":"pa_dewey-823-92-edition23","13":"pa_edition-reprint","14":"pa_imprint-simon-schuster-childrens","15":"pa_language-english","16":"pa_pages-8920","17":"pa_publisher-simon-schuster-children","18":"pa_readership-pre-school-code-a","20":"first","21":"onbackorder","22":"taxable","23":"shipping-taxable","24":"purchasable","25":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\nThe duck who didn't like water<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"'A wonderful, tender evocation of friendship and how its power can help you overcome your worst fears. 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