The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack was writ ten by Thornton W. Burgess in 1916 at a time when the wild duck population of the United States faced serious threat of extermination. There were no laws establishing seasons, lim its or methods for duck hunting. The result was that some species were nearly gone.

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One day, Peter Rabbit happens upon a surprise visitor to the Smiling Pool. It"s Mrs. Quack the Duck, who is dreadfully upset after having narrowly escaped some hunters and their terrible guns. Worst of all, she has lost Mr. Quack, her husband, and doesn"t know whether he is alive or dead. Peter, Jerry Muskrat and the other animals in the Green Forest vow to help Mrs. Quack find a safe place to live and to try and locate Mr. Quack. Sammy Jay and Blacky the Crow, two of the sharpest-eyed animals in the Green Forest, are enlisted to help and soon the search is under way.

As children learn about the misfortunes of Mrs. Quack and the problems faced by migrating ducks, they will develop new respect for wildlife and a deeper understanding of real animals and their struggle to survive. Best of all, the lessons are incorporated into a good story, told with the warmth and charm that have made Thornton W. Burgess stories favorites with children for generations. Completely reset in large, easy-to-read type, the text is enhanced by six full-page illustrations based on Harrison Cady"s originals.

I. Peter Rabbit Becomes Acquained with

   Mrs. Quack

II. Mrs. Quack Is Distrustful

  Ill. Mrs. Quack Tells About Her Home 

IV. Mrs. Quack Continues Her Story

V. Peter Learns More of Mrs. Quack"s

   Troubles

VI. Farmer Brown"s Boy Visits the Smiling

   Pool

  VII. Mrs. Quack Returns

 VIII. Mrs. Quack Has a Good Meal and a Rest

IX. Peter Rabbit Makes an Early Call

X. How Mr. and Mrs. Quack Started North

XI. The Terrible, Terrible Guns

  XII. What Did Happen to Mr. Quack

 XIII. Peter Tells About Mrs. Quack

  XIV. Sammy Jay"s Plan to Help Mrs. Quack

XV. The Hunt for Mr. Quack

  XVI. Sammy Jay Sees Something Green

 XVII. Mr. Quack IS Found at Last

XVIII. Sammy Jay Sends Mrs. Quack to the

   Swamp       

  XIX. Jerry Muskrat"s Great Idea

XX. Happy Days for Mr. and Mrs. Quack