A faithful duck labors while the indolent farmer lazes in bed,
eating candy and occasionally inquiring, "How goes the work?" - to
which the duck replies, "Quack!" When the duck grows "sleepy and
weepy and tired," the other animals hatch a plan, succinctly
expressed: "Moo!" "Baa!" "Cluck!" They enter the house, climb the
stairs, tip the sleeping farmer out of his bed and chase him away
forever. Come morning, the duck arrives to slave alone as usual but
finds the other animals eager to pitch in. The sanctimonious moral
of "The Little Red Hen" gets a salutary restructuring here, with
the focus on the duck's uncomplaining toil and the other animals'
generosity. Waddell's narration is a marvel of simplicity and
compact grace; Oxenbury's soft pencil and watercolor illustrations
have the comic impact of masterly cartoons, while her sweeping
color and light are gloriously evocative of the English farm scene.
Like Waddell's Can't You Sleep Little Bear? (p. 58): a book with
all the marks of a nursery classic. (Kirkus Reviews)
A hardworking duck is rescued from life with a lazy farmer in this
award-winning picture book classic from Owl Babies author, Martin
Waddell, and Bear Hunt illustrator, Helen Oxenbury. In this Kate
Greenaway Medal and Kurt Maschler Award-winning modern classic, two
of the most celebrated picture book creators of our time tell the
story of a hardworking duck, who has the very bad luck of living
with a lazy farmer. The duck cooks and cleans, tends the fields and
cares for the other animals on the farm – and all while the famer
lies in bed! That is until the day the animals decide to take
action ... and come to the rescue with a simple, but heroic plan.
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