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Farmer Duck

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Farmer Duck by Waddell Martin and Oxenbury Helen

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By Waddell Martin and Oxenbury Helen

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108 reviews

‘How goes the work?’ called the farmer. The duck answered, ‘Quack’! While the poor duck works, the lazy farmer lies in bed, until one day the farm animals decide to take action.

Reviews

22 Aug 2025

I thought that it was a good book I also think that I felt like if your lazy then something bad might happen so don't be lazy 1 it's not good 2 it's not healthy for your mental and physical health.

14 Aug 2025

I like how hard working the duck was and how the animals chased the farmer out.

01 Aug 2025

I like this book because the animals chase the farmer out of bed.

11 Jun 2025

This book is very good because it’s the first story I’ve read where a duck works in a farm.

31 Aug 2024

Poor duck.

28 Jul 2024

‘I didn’t like the farmer because he was lazy.’

28 Jul 2024

It's good and I loved it

25 Jul 2024

Very good

23 Jul 2024

I don't know how to feel about this book, because I feel really sorry for the duck because it worked so hard! But in the end the duck was rid of the lazy farmer, and the animals ran the farm much more fairly than the farmer did.

22 Jan 2024

This book made me sad because the Farmer didn’t do any more and made Duck do it all.

22 Dec 2023

I like the animals that sneak into the farmers bed

18 Aug 2023

I like when the farmer says “how goes the work”

17 Aug 2023

I enjoyed the animal teamwork. My favourite characters was all of them as they were all kind to duck.

15 Aug 2023

This book it good because they trick the lazy farmer. I like that he calls “how goes the work” lots of times.

25 Jul 2023

I enjoyed this book as it was all about helping each other

08 Jul 2023

I love the duck because he is very hardworking but i don’t like the lazy farmer.I will learn to be a hardworking person.

09 Sep 2022

This book was part German and English. The farmer was very lazy.

05 Sep 2022

It's so fun!

02 Sep 2022

This an amazing fiction book about a [super] lazy farmer who makes the duck do all the work while he just lie's on his bed never coming of of it. My favourite character is Duck because he works so hard. I would recommend this to people who like seeing animals win against bad humans.

23 Aug 2022

I like farms

23 Aug 2022

It’s good to work as a team

22 Aug 2022

I like it when the duck says how goes the work.

09 Aug 2022

I like it when the farmer shouts how goes the work and the duck answers quack. The farmer is very lazy, it’s funny when the animals make up a plan and they all make their own noises. In the end, the farmer ran off and the animals all work together.

04 Aug 2022

I thought it was funny when they chased the silly and annoying farmer away.

30 Jul 2022

At the start it was really sad but it got happier and happier, with the pictures getting brighter and more colourful.

16 Jul 2022

I liked the animals because they helped the duck, lifted up his bed and chased the farmer. I did not like the farmer because he stayed in bed all day and he was making the duck do all of the work.

07 Jul 2022

A great book I would recommend for 3 - 6 year olds about how a duck gets his own back on a mean farmer. Its funny and sad at the same time

04 Jul 2022

This is a really good book. The duck is helping the farmer but then the duck gets fed up of being treated badly by the farmer and all the animals help him to get his own back!

The best character is the duck - he is brave.

I would recommend this book for children aged 3-6

07 Oct 2021

liked it because the farmer was very funny for saying how goes the work?
I liked it because the duck was very kind to the animals.

21 Sep 2021

Duck is really kind and heroic. Fave character is the duck. Everyone is recommended to read this book

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