Showing posts with label Farms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Farms. Show all posts

Monday, April 13, 2015

In! Over! and On! (the Farm) by Ethan Long

From chapters.ca:
It’s time for fun on the farm with the Geisel Award-winning author of Up, Tall, and High! Why is Pig inside Chicken’s coop? How many animal friends can fit on top of a tractor? Lift the flaps to find out in three easy-to-read stories that will take readers all over the farm!

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Four Hungry Kittens by Emily Arnold McCully

From chapters.ca:
An engaging story about four hungry kittens on a farm who await their mother while she is out hunting for food.

Monday, October 06, 2014

Farm by Elisha Cooper

From chapters.ca:
There is so much to look at and learn about on a farm - animals, tractors, crops, and barns. And children feeding animals for morning chores! With lyrical writing and beautiful illustrations that capture the rhythms of the changing seasons, Elisha Cooper brings the farm to life.

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall, illustrated by Barbara Cooney

From chapters.ca:
Thus begins a lyrical journey through the days and weeks, the months, and the changing seasons in the life of one New Englander and his family. The oxcart man packs his goods - the wool from his sheep, the shawl his wife made, the mittens his daughter knitted, and the linen they wove. He packs the birch brooms his son carved, and even a bag of goose feathers from the barnyard geese. He travels over hills, through valleys, by streams, past farms and villages. At Portsmouth Market he sells his goods, one by one - even his beloved ox. Then, with his pockets full of coins, he wanders through the market, buying provisions for his family, and returns to his home. And the cycle begins again. Donald Hall has created a gentle story, evoking a quiet time in American life that is irrevocably past. Using a special method which resembles the early American technique of painting on wood, Barbara Cooney has captured the sense of peace of early nineteenth- century New England and the bustle of Portsmouth Market.

Thursday, May 22, 2014

One Too Many: A Seek and Find Counting Book by Gianna Marino

From chapters.ca:
In this boisterous barnyard, the fun grows with each turn of the page. One bouncing flea is joined by two cows, then three horses, and so on, all the way up to twelve swooping bats. Children will delight in following the shimmering path of the flea, counting each bounce along the way to find the new arrival. Older readers can take the challenge further, counting all the animals on the page, or hunting for their favorite. And a surprise ending reveals which animal is just one too many! This frisky hodgepodge is sure to have the whole herd roaring with laughter and pouring over the pages for hours.

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Migrant by Maxine Trottier, illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault

From chapters.ca:
Each spring Anna leaves her home in Mexico and travels north with her family where they will work on farms. Sometimes she feels like a bird, flying north in the spring and south in the fall. Sometimes she feels like a jack rabbit living in an abandoned burrow, as her family moves into an empty house near the fields. But most of all she wonders what it would be like to stay in one place.

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Chicken, Chicken, Duck by Nadia Krilanovich

From chapters.ca:
Duck and his barnyard friends are up to something. One by one we meet them, and then hear their familiar sounds. But that Duck always has the last quack! In close- up images, the animals seem to be climbing upon each other. At the very end, we see the hilarious finale. Young readers will delight in making the animal sounds, noticing the funny expressions, and picking out surprising details in the illustrations.

Thursday, January 09, 2014

My Farm Friends by Wendell Minor

From chapters.ca:
Is there anything cuter than a little lamb or playful piglet? Farm animals are fascinating, and they are full of surprises, too. Naturally, cows make milk - but did you know they need to drink a bathtub- full of water every day? And of course turkeys gobble- but sometimes they purr like cats. Wendell Minor's bright, bold artwork and jaunty verse celebrate the wonders of our farm friends, and a list of fun facts gives curious animal- lovers even more to enjoy.

Saturday, December 28, 2013

Story County Here we Come! by Derek Anderson

From chapters.ca:
Welcome to Story County! Farmer, Dog, Pig, Chicken, and Miss Cow are eager to make a farm. And it's no ordinary farm. They paint the barn a rainbow of colours, plant crops of jelly beans and candy corn, fashion the prettiest scarecrow, and more, until presto! the farm is complete. Or is it?

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Meow said the Cow by Emma Dodd

From chapters.ca:
It's a noisy morning in the barnyard: roosters crowing, cows mooing, mice squeaking! And the farmer's cat has had enough. With a flick of his tail, the cat casts a spell and the barnyard is turned upside- down. The chickens are oinking, the sheep are barking, and the sheepdog can only let out a confused "Baa?" It's not long before the animals figure out who's to blame... Emma Dodd's bright, bold illustrations bring this farm full of very confused animals to life, and her hilarious rhyming text is sure to send young readers giggling (and mooing, and cock- a- doodle- dooing!).

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Charlie the Ranch Dog by Ree Drummond, illustrated by Diane deGroat

From chapters.ca:
Meet Charlie. He's a ranch dog. Breakfast is his life, especially when bacon is involved. Charlie has dangly ears, floppy skin, and big fat paws. And he loves living in the country. That's because he works like a dog... fixing fences, gardening, and helping his family out on the range. Yep, it's all work, all the time for Charlie the ranch dog. In fact, he's probably working right now... Zzzzzzz.... A ranch dog's work is never done!

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Cock-a-Doodle Quack! Quack! By Ivor Baddiel and Sophie Jubb, illustrated by Ailie Busby


From chapters.ca:
It's Baby Rooster's job to wake everybody up in the morning, but there's just one problem - he doesn't know how! The pigs and cows and ducks all try to help, but nothing seems to work. Luckily, the wise old owl comes to the rescue. This is a funny, noisy, quack- along story from Ivor Baddiel and Sophie Jubb, beautifully illustrated by Ailie Busby. Full of friendly farmyard animals, young children will love joining in with the Baby Rooster and laughing when he doesn't get it quite right.

Tuesday, April 09, 2013

A Particular Cow by Mem Fox, illustrated by Terry Denton

From chapters.ca:
Cow's Saturday morning stroll begins calmly enough. But when she suddenly finds herself on the wrong side of a particular pair of bloomers, all heck breaks loose - and soon she's also on the wrong side of the mail man, a group of kids, a wedding party, and, well, pretty much everyone else in town. With zippy characters, clever language, and a terrific visual story line, this raucous book by best selling author Mem Fox is certain to become a particular read- aloud favourite.

Saturday, April 06, 2013

Mechanimals by Chris Tougas

From chapters.ca:
When a tornado leaves a farmer with a heap of scrap metal and no animals, his neighbors are sure it's all over for him. But the determined farmer refuses to admit defeat. His plans are big, and when his neighbours dismiss them with the words, "When pigs fly," they grow bigger still. The farmer sets to work to turn that scrap metal into some rather surprising creatures. Mechanimals will help all of us believe in our dreams, despite what the neighbours may say.

Friday, March 15, 2013

Lazy Daisy, Cranky Frankie: Bedtime on the Farm by Mary Ellen Jordan, illustrated by Andrew Weldon

From chapters.ca:
"This is my cow, she's called Daisy. She should eat grass but she's too lazy. Instead she eats jelly on a spoon, all through the morning till late afternoon." This quirky, rhyming picture book about farm animals behaving badly will have children laughing and, eventually, lull them to sleep along with the tuckered- out animals.

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Life-Size Farm by Teruyuki Komiya

From chapters.ca:
With more than 200,000 copies in print and Parents' Choice Gold Awards for each of its first three titles (Life-Size Zoo, More Life-Size Zoo,  and Life-Size Aquarium) the Life-Size series moves to the barnyard to get readers closer than ever before to 19 of their favourite animals. With informative facts and fun illustrations accompanying the superlative photographs that depict the animals at features in their actual life size (or at least as much of it that fits on the page!), Life-Size Farm brings readers eye to eye with an alpaca, chicken, dairy cow, donkey, duck, ferret, goose, horse, llama, pig, pony, goat, rabbit, sheep, turkey, and more!

Monday, December 31, 2012

Meet the Dogs of Bedlam Farm by Jon Katz


From chapters.ca:
Welcome to Bedlam Farm! Meet Rose, Izzy, Frieda, and Lenore, four dogs that work hard on the farm doing various jobs. They're good friends now, but it wasn't always this way.  Just as each dog has a different role on the farm, each has a unique story.  Filled with his captivating photographs, bestselling author Jon Katz's heartwarming account of his dogs' lives on Bedlam Farm is unforgettable.

Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Turkey Trouble by Wendi Silvano, illustrated by Lee Harper

From chapters.ca:
A turkey tries to hide on Thanksgiving by disguising himself as other animals on the farm.

Saturday, October 06, 2012

Piggies in the Pumpkin Patch by Mary Peterson and Jennifer Rofe

From chapters.ca:
While two little piggies run amok on the farm, young readers are introduced to prepositions of direction. Alliteration, assonance, and rhyme in each of the three stanzas make for a great read- aloud. 


Thursday, July 19, 2012

Hen Hears Gossip by Megan McDonald, illustrated by Joung Un Kim

From chapters.ca: Hen hears Pig whisper a secret to Cow ("Psst. Psst. Psst."), and in no time at all Hen tells Duck ("Psst. Psst. Psst.") who tells Goose ("Psst. Psst. Psst.") who tells Turkey ("Psst. Psst. Psst.") who tells Hen ("Psst. Psst. Psst.") something not so nice about Hen herself. "Whhaat?" Hen is outraged. She's got to figure out who's behind the rumor. But will she discover even more than she bargained for?
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