A hugely enjoyable read. Farmer duck toils hard all day while his lazy farmer does nothing. So the duck’s many friends decide to club together to get their own back on the lazy farmer and in so doing the duck gets a wonderful surprise. Lavish illustrations complement the simply text very well.
Celebrate twenty-five years of a tale of sweet justice in this anniversary edition.
Farmer Duck is no ordinary duck. He cooks and cleans, tends the fields, and cares for the other animals on the farm - all because the farm owner is too lazy to do these things himself. But when Farmer Duck finally collapses from exhaustion, sleepy and weepy and tired, his farmyard friends come to the rescue.
"Marvellously expressive pictures and a stisfying text make this the outstanding picture book of the year." Sunday Times
Author
About Martin Waddell
As a child I was read to a lot as a child by people who knew how to read stories. These stories came alive for me, and the love of story has stayed with me ever since.
As an adult I've been blown up, buried alive and had cancer as an adult, and survived all these experiences, so I'm a very lucky man. I live where I lived as a child, and nearly all my stories come from things that have happened to me here, at the foot of the Mountain of Mourne.
As an artist I work in an old stone barn beside my home, and dream my stories in the garden and on long walks on the beach in front of my house. I never write anywhere else. This is where I belong.
Things you didn't know about Martin Waddell
I can wiggle my ears.
I am a very noisy tennis player.
I had a cat that could open doors.
My dog hears my stories before I write them.
I scored a hat trick on my debut in adult football, but wound up as a goalkeeper.
I used to run a junk stall.
I like bringing up egg-shaped stones from the beach to my garden.
