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Who's
in the
Farmyard?
illustrated by
Jill McDonald
Barefoot, 2012
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Who
wakes up in the morning
to
a cock-a-doodle-doo?
Peek through
the holes to see what animals are
greeting the day around the farm.
There are pigs oink,
oink, oinking and goat's
bleat,
bleat, bleating.
Who else
has been woken up by the noisy
rooster?
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A little about the book:
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I've always found books about farm
life appealing, and I'm grateful for
the chance to share a vision of an
ideal farm: a place where animals
live a normal life, not cramped into
horrible pens and sheds such as
those filmed in FOOD,
INC. This book and its
companions, Who's
in the Garden?
and Who's
in the Forest?
look at different corners of our
environment––the way we'd like our
environment to be and how we know it
can
be.
Jill McDonald's
illustrations are a delight, as
always. Kids will have fun following the
lively visual action and finding her
fine-feathered alarm clock rooster.
As for myself, I'm in love with the
patchwork lamb!
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From the
reviews:
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"A refrain that
repeats throughout this picture book
introduces common farm animals....
Each turn of the page comes replete
with peekaboo-cutouts framing the
animal awakened by the rooster,
while the deceptively simple text
teaches the names of young animals
and imitates their sounds. Readers
meet hens and chicks, sheep and
lambs, cows and calves, goats and
kids, pigs and piglets; no doubt
they will want to join in with the
clucking and bleating and squealing
during toddler storytime. The highly
textured, vibrant collage
illustrations add another layer for
kids to observe. While the text
focuses on mammals, the cutouts
frame the insect world, including a
dragonfly, a bee, and a butterfly.
The illustrations also show a
variety of tools, suggesting the
myriad tasks that are part of farm
life. The final spread shows the
whole farm together, including
people, emphasizing the human-animal
bond." Booklist.
"'Who
wakes up in the morning to a
cock-a-doodle-doo?' Readers then
turn the page, which features a
circular die-cut peephole, to reveal
a vibrant farm scene and a rhyming
answer such as: 'Goats
bleat, bleat, bleating and their
frisky kids, too.' Throughout the
book, the text highlights many farm
favorites including sheep, cows, and
pigs. Mixed-media collage brings
this farm to life with its use of
cloth, paper, and paint. Running
stitches give motion to many
background animals and insects. Each
tableau is abundant with details.
Adults and children who take the
time to examine the pictures
one-on-one will be rewarded." School Library
Journal.
"This book is SO
much fun. When the king of the
farmyard starts to crow, everybody
wakes up and starts to make their
own sounds too! The hens, cluck,
cluck, clucking; the sheep baa, baa,
baaing; the cows moo, moo, mooing;
the goats bleat, bleat, bleating;
and the pigs, oink, oink,
oinking. This is one of those
books that is perfect for sharing
together as you travel round the
farmyard illustrations and make all
the animal noises
together. Each time the
cockerel crows you get a peep at the
next animal he has woken up through
a little round window on the next
page. So sweet and great for
little fingers to
explore. There is also the
opportunity to learn all the names
of the baby animals too –
sheep/lambs, cows/calves,
goats/kids, etc. Made from
sturdy board, this book will travel
and endure the constant exploring of
little hands." ‘Babbleabout’
childrens books, learning and
play
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