Farmer Duck

Reviewed by: Barbara Merritt - Scarborough School Department, Scarborough, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: June 6, 2017

Review

Farmer Duck is weary. The farmer stays in bed all day, eating bonbons while Farmer Duck does all of the farm work and house work. He finally cannot take it anymore, so his animal friends decide to rescue him. They do, and the farmer runs away, leaving all of the animals to run the farm. This is a reissue of the story first published twenty five years ago. At that time, it was on the inaugural list of books published by brand new publisher Candlewick. Illustrations are soft and lovely. The animals' expressions are very good. Text and illustrations support each other well. Martin Waddell describes his books as "written for that special island of time at the end of the day. They are for parents and children to share." This book certainly fits that.

Overall Book Score: good