Farmer Duck (edition 1996)

by Martin Waddell, Helen Oxenbury (Illustrator)

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When a kind and hardworking duck nearly collapses from overwork, while taking care of a farm because the owner is too lazy to do so, the rest of the animals get together and chase the farmer out of town.

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Title:	Farmer Duck
Authors:	Martin Waddell
Other authors:	Helen Oxenbury (Illustrator)
Info:	Candlewick (1996), Paperback, 40 pages
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BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |

Genre
Allegories and parables
Picture books for children
Tone
Noisy
Illustration
Detailed
Subject
Cooperation
Ducks
Employee resistance and revolts
Farm animals
Farm life
Farmers
Labor exploitation
Laziness
Mutualism

kmgerbig | Apr 6, 2023 |

I read this in English with Portuguese and Spanish translators for a library event. So many languages can slow a story down and make it hard to keep the kids' attention, but the repetition and the animal noises made for a great read-aloud despite the multilingual confusion. (

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When a kind and hard-working duck nearly collapses from overwork while taking care of a farm because the owner is too lazy to do so, the rest of the animals get together and chase the farmer out of town

Lou_Sanz | Jun 23, 2020 |

Farmer Duck is no ordinary duck. He cooks and cleans, tends the fields, and cares for the other animals on the farm. This is because the farm owner is too lazy to do these things himself. The selfish farmer that gets the duck to do all the work sits in bed eating chocolate. But one day the animals all see that duck is getting angry so they take matters into their own hands to help their overworked friend. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Waddell, Martin	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Oxenbury, Helen	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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British Book Award (Winner – Illustrated Children's Book of the Year – 1992)

Horace Mann Upstanders Award (Suggested Book)

Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (0-5 years category – 1991)

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CCBC Choices (1992)

NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (10th Edition: 1988-1992)

NCTE Books That Invite Talk, Wonder, and Play (1996)

Notable Children's Book (1993)

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When a kind and hardworking duck nearly collapses from overwork, while taking care of a farm because the owner is too lazy to do so, the rest of the animals get together and chase the farmer out of town.

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