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The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack

Thornton W. Burgess

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The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack | Thornton W. Burgess
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Book Overview: 

Poor Mrs. Quack the Duck has suffered terrible misfortunes at the hands of hunters with guns. Peter Rabbit, Jerry Muskrat, and the other animals of the Green Forest band together to help her find a safe place to live and to locate the missing Mr. Quack.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .ould find, as far as possible from the homes of men, but even then he was never careless. He would lead us around back and forth over the place he had chosen, and we would all look with all our might for signs of danger. If we saw none, we would drop down a little nearer and a little nearer. But with all our watchfulness, we never could be sure, absolutely sure, that all was safe. Sometimes those terrible two-legged creatures would be hiding in the very middle of the wildest, most lonely looking marshes. They would be covered with grass so that we couldn't see them. Then, as we flew over them, would come the bang, bang, bang, bang of terrible guns, and always some of our flock would drop. We would have to leave them behind, for we knew if we wanted to live we must get beyond the reach of those terrible guns. So we would fly our hardest. It was awful, just simply awful!"

Mrs. Quack paused and shuddered, and Peter Rabbit and Jerry Muskrat shuddered . . . Read More

Community Reviews

5.00
- Louie the Mustache - Feb 07, 2024

I absolutely loved this 16th book from the Bedtime Story-books collection. There is some stellar writing of educational material by Burgess. He communicated the migratory patterns of ducks in a comprehensive and didactic way that was not pedantic, but illuminating. He delivers the pathos of Mrs. Qua

4.00
- Natasha - Jul 23, 2023

This book felt a bit repetitive. Anti guns and hunting. Of course you are hoping that they find Mr Quack. The last bit felt very reminiscent of Trumpet of the Swan and I wonder if EB White had been inspired by this story. My favorite quote went something like this: "She decided that if they couldn't

4.00
- Charissa - Mar 16, 2023

Overview: Mrs. Quack is a newcomer to the Smiling Pool. While there, she regales Peter Rabbit and Jerry Muskrat with her harrowing tale, filled with hunters. Afterwards they find that she has a few problems. Where can Mrs. Quack live safely? What happened to Mr. Quack. Will they ever be reunited? Le

3.00
- Jared - Jul 14, 2021

The least entertaining of Thornton's books that we've yet read. While interesting and informative it's more glum due to poor Mrs. Quack's situation as the title of the book suggests.

3.00
- Jon E - Jul 11, 2019

I liked it on the chapter where Mrs Quack tells Peter Rabbit her worries, and I think it was Chapter 5.

3.00
- Jonathan - Jan 31, 2011

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This is a phrase that brings a smile to my face as often as I hear it. As a young child, I would lose myself for hours in the simple world of the wood and pond inhabited by Little Joe Otter, Buster Bear, Grandfather Frog, and terrorized by Farmer Brown's Boy. I can remember the ver

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