Farmer Duck - Martin Waddell Reviews

Quack, moo, baa, cluck this is the tale of a nameless Duck who has the misfortune to be in the employ of a very lazy farmer. A farmer with hairy shoulders and a jelly belly, who is repeatedly featured shirtless throughout the story. Its not pretty and its not necessary either. Loose a star for including the sort of detail thats irrelevant to ...  Read the complete review

As you can probably tell from some of my other reviews, my grandson isn't one to say no to a bedtime story about a duck or two. This one was a book that I spotted while out grabbing some bits and it was only £1.99 so I thought that was a great price for a new children's book all about a duck. This story is all about Farmer Duck ...  Read the complete review

Ahhh, Farmer Duck, the poor duck who is worked to the bone by the lazy old Farmer. This story is one of revenge! The duck works all day for the farmer who stays in bed and eats chocolate (which one would you rather be?) he works so hard and becomes so tired that his friends (the sheep, the cow and the hens) decide to help him out. They hatch a ...  Read the complete review

Farmer Duck A favourite book of mine, and one which I have read on many occasions to young children. Published in 1991,the story focuses on the hero of the story, the duck, and a lazy farmer, and on how the other animals on the farm help duck when he is too tired to keep doing all of the work. **The story and ...  Read the complete review

Why do we work? If there were no driving force would we still work? If a slave’s master vanished would that slave continue to labour? These and many more are examples of questions that may spring into your mine if you read your child, “Farmer Duck”. This story is written by Martin Waddell and the book illustrated by ...  Read the complete review

If you've never read this book before, you should! You might then understand the title of this review! Another classic from the pen of Martin Waddell, who has written many great children's books. This time, the talents of Helen Oxenbury have been deployed to take care of the illustrations, without which, the book would be lost on ...  Read the complete review

farmer duck is one of those delightful childrens books that have a repetitive text throughout. This enhances the storyline and goes down well with the younger reader. after one reading you will find youngsters joining in with the 'how goes the work' at every oppurtunity. the theme of the story appeals to young ...  Read the complete review

Farmer Duck is the story of a hard working duck who is left to run the farm by himself when the farmer just stays in bed all day, without a word of thanks to the duck. This goes on until the other animals decide enough is enough and decide to revolt against the farmer. The illustrations by Helen Oxenbury in this book are lovely. The story ...  Read the complete review