Publisher's Synopsis
A lost duck, a journey home, and the friends who help her along the way. Mrs. Quack's story is one of survival and friendship. Will she find safety in the Green Forest?
The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack follows the brave Mrs. Quack as she travels through the Green Forest in search of a safe home. Encountering dangers and making friends along the way, Mrs. Quack relies on her wits and the kindness of forest animals like Peter Rabbit and Jimmy Skunk. With heartwarming lessons on friendship and resilience, Thornton W. Burgess crafts a tale that has charmed children and nature lovers for generations.
Thornton Waldo Burgess (1874-1965) was a conservationist and author of children's stories. Burgess loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years in books and his newspaper column, "Bedtime Stories."
