Washoe County Library System

When a kind and hardworking duck nearly collapses from overwork, while taking care of a farm because the owner is too lazy to do so, the rest of the animals get together and chase the farmer out of town.

Collages of familiar farm animals complement this tale of a determined little spider toiling away to build her web. "A spider, blown by the wind to a fence post near a farm yard, begins to build her web and cannot be distracted from the task at hand--not by the horse, cow, sheep, goat, or dog. But when the rooster asks if she wants to catch a pesky fly, the busy spider is able to catch it in her web immediately!"-- The farm animals try to divert...

A duck decides to ride a bike and soon influences all the other animals on the farm to ride bikes too.

When the children go back to school, the animals on the farm are bored, so they go into the library in town trying to find something to do.

Detective Doggedly, a pair of cows, and a sheep who looks very familiar are all nearby each time three pigs get in trouble, but the big bad wolf is conspicuously absent.

Several farm animals try to evade a coyote that they think is dangerous.

Duck and Cat have their very first sleepover in the barn.

Little Duck celebrates his first birthday with the other animals on the farm by copying their examples, from shearing off all his feathers to taking a mudbath, before enjoying Farmer Brown's yummy frosted maple cake. "Happy first birthday, Little Duck! Everyone wants to look their best for the party. But Little Duck has never had a birthday before-so how better to learn how to prepare than to do what all the other animals do! The sheep trim their...

On a rainy day, everyone on the farm stays inside except the cows, who enjoy the rain, mud, and wind.