The Crow and Mrs. Gaddy

Mrs. Gaddy

by Wilson Gage, Mary Q. Steele (as Wilson Gage)

A crow and a farmer spend all their time playing tricks on each other and get nothing else done.

Genres: Picture Books

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1948

About the author

Wilson Gage is the pen name of Mary Q. Steele, the newest writer in a family of gifted and successful writers: her husband, William, her sister, and her mother, Christine Govan, are the authors of many popular books for children and young people.

Reviews

[Eli Poteet]

it was hard to get past the part when the old lady keeps yelling at the crow and calling it a smut, lol

[Ilana Waters]

I first read this book as as young'un at my grandma's house. It's a short, funny story with fitting illustrations. If this won���t make you stop trying to play the loser's game called "revenge," I don't know what will.

[Sarah]

One of my childhood favorites. A crow eats the corn a farmer plants, which sets off a battle of pranks. The farmer, Mrs. Gaddy, replaces the corn kernels with pebbles and the crow retaliates by pulling all her clothes off the line. Mrs. Gaddy bakes the crow some gingerbread full of salt and soap powder (which I thought was the most hilarious thing ever), the crow steals Mrs. Gaddy’s glasses, etc etc. Eventually, they both realize that the time they wasted playing tricks on each other should have been spent doing actual work.

Probably for ages 4-8.