This week in library at Burton Elementary, we read the story "Farmer Duck", written by Martin Waddell and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. This is a great story about a farm where the farmer sits in bed all day eating candy while the duck does all the hard work around the farm. Everywhere the duck goes the lazy farmer asks him how the work is going, to which the duck replies, "quack". This is a great story to get kids thinking about the ideas of fairness and justice. You can ask questions like, "is it fair that the farmer gets to stay in bed all day eating candy while the duck does all the hard work?", or "do you think that the other farm animals did the right thing to help their friend the duck?", in order to get your young readers thinking about what the message of the story is.
Young students will enjoy the understated humor of how the farm animals communicate complex ideas to each other through simple sounds like "moo", "baa", "quack", and "cluck".
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Esta semana en la biblioteca de Burton, leímos el cuento "Farmer Duck", del autor Martin Waddell y la ilustradora Helen Oxenbury. Este es un muy buen cuento sobre una granja donde el granjero se queda todo el día en la cama y el pato hace todo el trabajo duro de la granja. Una y otra vez, el granjero perezoso pregunta el pato, "¿cómo te va en el trabajo?", y el pato dice solo "cuac". Este cuento es muy bueno para los niños les hacer pensar en "¿qué es justo?", y demás.
- Dennis De Boer
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