![]() Resembling a younger Harry Potter more than a little in Robertson’s technically accomplished, though flatly uninspired paintings, a lad finds an immense egg in the hen house one morning, and dutifully takes on parental duties for the dragon that hatches out of it. All things considered, he has plenty to write about. Seeing the error of his ways, Duck finally returns to the farm, and is last seen working not on chores, but, graduating from typewriter to computer, his memoirs. ![]() ![]() Seeing Duck flash a two-fisted “V For Victory” sign, edge out a decidedly Hillary-esque gubernatorial incumbent, play saxophone on late-night TV, and lean wearily on the presidential desk may amuse grownups more than children-but the comedy flows freely on more levels than one, and there’s sufficient hilarity for all. Lewin follows Cronin’s lead in losing no opportunity to lampoon recognizable political figures. So Duck moves on, campaigning first for Governor, than President, and winning each time by, well, a nose. ![]() ![]() Weary of chores, Duck organizes a farmyard election and ousts Farmer Brown-only to discover that running a farm is harder than it looks. Just in time for an election year, the feathered troublemaker of Click, Clack, Moo (2000) and Giggle, Giggle, Quack (2002) enters the political arena, with sidesplitting results. ![]()
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