Farmer Schulz's Ducks - Hardcover

Thiele, Colin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 006026182X ISBN 13: 9780060261825

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 1988

Synopsis

After the growing traffic from the nearby city turns the road next to their Australian farm into a dangerous highway, Farmer Schulz's youngest daughter Anna solves the problem of how to get her family's ducks safely across the road every day.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Farmer Schulz is proud of the beautiful ducks who live with him by the banks of the Onkaparinga River. As the city spreads, closing in on their farm, traffic gets heavy on the road between the farm and the river. Tragedy strikes when a hasty motorist kills a duck crossing the road. Several other incidents occur; all proposed solutions to save the ducks fail. Farmer Schulz ingeniously digs a tunnel under the road for his ducks. This restores tranquillity to the banks of the river. The storytelling is gentle as Thiele describes life along the Australian river. Readers will be as alarmed as Farmer Schulz at the intrusion of civilization on the idyllic farm life. Milton's realistic watercolors reveal a wonderfully lazy life on a riverbank and all the charms of ducks of different types. As in Make Way For Ducklings , the moral is that city life is not entirely safe for ducks; but some readers may be disturbed by the number of ducks killed by the thoughtless motorists. Ages 5-8.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 006026182X
• ISBN 13: 9780060261825
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Milton Mary