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Farmer Duck
By Vivian French, Martin Waddell
Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
A dramatic version of a favourite picture book in which children join in taking different parts of the reading.
There once was a duck who had the bad luck to live with a lazy farmer. While the duck worked, the farmer lay in bed - until one day the other animals decided to take action! This story play based on the popular picture book ideal for young children to perform.
- Based on a classic Walker book
- "Excellent for reading aloud!" Julia Donaldson
- Other books in this series are: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt; Little Rabbit Foo Foo;This is the Bear; The Gingerbread Boy; The Three Little Pigs; The Three Billy Goats Gruff; Jack and the Beanstalk
About the author
Vivian French is a professional storyteller who worked for over ten years in children’s theatre as a writer and performer. She is an acclaimed children's author who has written many books for children, both fiction and non-fiction and over forty picture books for Walker. She has written Yucky Worms, Growing Frogs and T. Rex in the Nature Storybooks series, the picture books Lullaby Lion and Polly's Pink Pyjamas, and numerous retellings of fairytales and folktales. She lives in Edinburgh.
About the illustrator
Helen Oxenbury is among the most popular and critically acclaimed illustrators of her time. Her numerous books for children include Smarties Book Prize-winning Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell; We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen; as well as her classic board books for babies. She won the Kate Greenaway Medal for Alice in Wonderland. She lives in London, NW3.
ISBN:
9780744568486
Imprint:
Walker
Distributor:
Walker Australia-HEDS
Binding:
Paperback
Release Date:
March 1, 2000
Dimensions:
363 x 455mm, 32pp
Stock Status:
Confirmed
Australian RRP:
$34.99
New Zealand RRP:
$37.99
Stock Level:
In Stock