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Farmer Duck

by Martin Waddell, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury

Interest age: 4 to 6
Reading age: 6+

Published by Walker Books, 2016

  • Classics
  • Picture books

About this book

There once was a lazy farmer who spent his days in bed eating chocolate while his duck did all the hard work around the farm. One day the other animals decide it's time to put a stop to the farmer's disgraceful behaviour and together hatch a plan to help their friend.

About the author

Martin was read to a lot as a child by people who knew how to read stories. These stories came alive, and the love of story has stayed with him ever since.

He lives where he lived as a child, and nearly all of his stories come from things that have happened to him there, at the foot of the Mountain of Mourne. He works in an old stone barn beside his home, and dreams stories in the garden and on long walks on the beach in front of the house. He never writes anywhere else. This is where he belongs.

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