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Dame Duck's Lessons

From Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes

This nursery rhyme appears in a collection compiled in the nineteenth century and illustrated by famous Victorian artists including Walter Crane and John Tenniel. The verse teaches manners and cleverness through the eyes of a mother duck and her brood. It reflects the era's fondness for instructional animal tales. This text reflects its era; a few period terms have been modernised. The poem is worth a young reader's time because it shows how parents teach their children step by step, and how even small creatures can be clever and polite.

Band

Yellow · Emerging readersTypical starting range: ages 6–8

Length

medium · about 528 words in 4 sections · 4 pictures

Source

Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes, John Gilbert, Walter Crane, John Tenniel, Harrison Weir and Johann Baptist Zwecker

First published

see the About page in the reader

Regions

Canada · United States

Included formats

• · Web reader and PDF
• · EPUB for e-readers
• · Home-print sheet
• · Folded booklet
• · Binder edition (8.5 × 11)
• · Worksheet
• · Quick Check (8 questions) with answer key
• · Read-aloud script
• · Colouring page
• · Teacher’s Edition (members)

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