Farmer Duck

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The illustrations are fantastic and it isn't any wonder this book got awarded Illustrated book of the year. It may not be commonly recognised by children that a duck is female; but unless this is appreciated the feminist message of this picture book will be lost. The duck fetched the cow from the field, brought the sheep from the hill, put the hens in their house. The story is a good one of a farmer who gets lazy when he learns he can send his duck to do all his work but the other animals of the farm aren’t happy with this turn of events and decide to do something about it. Whilst the lazy farmer stays in bed, little Farmer Duck does all the work in the house and on the farm.

While its still just a children's story mostly featuring farm animals as many books do, the way it leads up to the conclusion is very similar to the first chapter or two of Animal Farm. The illustrations in the book are also beautiful and children will thoroughly enjoy looking at the pictures. It is a truly enjoyable book with beautiful illustrations by Helen Oxenbury, which only add to the already brilliant story.

This picture book has fantastic illustrations which are used to tell the story of a lazy farmer and his duck. The nature of the story ensures that all children can have a role to play - there is no limit to how many cows, hens and sheep can be on a farm!

Alongside this Farmer Duck Comprehension, we have a selection of other fantastic resources to support you in reading the tale with your little ones. You can also learn more about reading comprehension and how to develop your children’s skills by watching our informative video below! Written by Martin Waddell, it was originally published in 1995 making it a class book for teaching children about farming.gets too much for duck, his friends the cow, sheep and hens, who love duck very much, have a meeting with all the other farm animals to find a solution to ease poor ducks plight and rid themselves of the lazy farmer. Children who read this story will learn how working together and helping out friends is the right thing to do and ultimately reaps rewards whereas being lazy like the farmer won’t get you very far. The other farm animals really like Duck, and so one day they come up with a plan for helping him out. Quack”’ is the only dialogue apart from Moo, Baa and Cluck when the animals have united to evict the farmer and help Farmer Duck with the work.