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Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen–A Family Favorite
Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen When I first read Harris and Me, I had it along with me on a family trip with my husband and parents. I ended up reading entire portions of it aloud to a room of adults...
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Book Review: No Sleep for the Sheep! by Karen Beaumont
No Sleep for the Sheep! by Karen Beaumont, illustrated by Jackie Urbanovic A very silly read-aloud that follows in the tradition of funny bedtime stories set on farms. Here, the sheep is very tired...
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Book Review: Meet the Dogs of Bedlam Farm by Jon Katz
Meet the Dogs of Bedlam Farm by Jon Katz This is the very engaging story of the four dogs who live with the author at Bedlam Farm. Each of the dogs has a particular job that they do and do well. All...
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Review: Moo, Moo, Brown Cow, Have You Any Milk? by Phillis Gershator
Moo, Moo, Brown Cow! Have You Any Milk? by Phillis Gershator, illustrated by Giselle Potter An extended version of Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, this book adds new verses with additional animals. It begins...
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Review: Can Hens Give Milk? by Joan Betty Stuchner
Can Hens Give Milk? by Joan Betty Stuchner, illustrated by Joe Weissmann Shlomo and Riva live on a farm where they have five children, twelve hens and one rooster. Rivka wishes that they had a cow to...
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Review: Blue Chicken by Deborah Freedman
Blue Chicken by Deborah Freedman This vibrant picture book plays with color and perspective as well as characters who leave the flat page and enter the real world. The picture is almost finished when...
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Gideon by Olivier Dunrea
Gideon by Olivier Dunrea Gideon & Otto by Olivier Dunrea Gideon is the newest fowl in Dunrea’s farmland. He is a gosling who loves to play, hates to nap, and has a favorite toy, an octopus named...
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Review: It’s Milking Time by Phyllis Alsdurf
It’s Milking Time by Phyllis Alsdurf, illustrated by Steve Johnson & Lou Fancher This picture book looks at milking time on a modern dairy farm. A little girl works alongside her father. She...
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Review: Life-Size Farm by Teruyuki Komiya
Life-Size Farm by Teruyuki Komiya This fourth in the “Life-Size” book series takes on farm animals in glorious full-size photographs. Just like the others in the series, there are panels that offer...
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Review: The Passover Lamb by Linda Elovitz Marshall
The Passover Lamb by Linda Elovitz Marshall, illustrated by Tatjana Mai-Wyss Miriam has been selected to sing the Four Questions at the seder, the special Passover meal, at her grandparent’s house....
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Review: The Thing about Luck by Cynthia Kadohata
The Thing about Luck by Cynthia Kadohata Summer Miyamoto is positive that her family is completely out of luck. Nothing is going right for them at all. Her parents had to return to Japan because of...
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Review: Henry’s Map by David Elliot
Henry’s Map by David Elliot Henry was a pig who believed in being neat and tidy with everything in its place. So when he looked out from his very clean sty, he was bothered by the messiness of the...
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Review: Big Bug by Henry Cole
Big Bug by Henry Cole Start with a close up of a ladybug in this picture book and then everything is put into perspective. If you step back, the big bug on the first pages is not so big compared to...
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Review: Blue on Blue by Dianne White
Blue on Blue by Dianne White, illustrated by Beth Krommes On a family farm, the day starts out with bright sunshine and laundry drying on the line. Soon though, clouds move in and the weather...
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Review: Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones
Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer by Kelly Jones, illustrated by Katie Kath (InfoSoup) Released May 12, 2015. Sophie has just moved to a farm they inherited from her great-uncle....
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Review: Chooky-Doodle-Doo by Jan Whiten
Chooky-Doodle-Doo by Jan Whiten, illustrated by Sinead Hanley (InfoSoup) A fresh little counting book, this Australian import combines numbers with a jaunty rhyme. One little “chooky” chick is unable...
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Review: Ragweed’s Farm Dog Handbook by Anne Vittur Kennedy
Ragweed’s Farm Dog Handbook by Anne Vittur Kennedy (InfoSoup) Ragweed is an experience farm dog and he is willing to offer the reader his advice on how to be the best farm dog. First thing to know is...
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Review: In, Over and On the Farm by Ethan Long
In, Over and On the Farm by Ethan Long Following his Geisel Award-winning Up, Tall and High, Long returns to prepositions. Four animals friends have adventures on the farm in this easy reader. Broken...
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Review: Job Wanted by Teresa Bateman
Job Wanted by Teresa Bateman, illustrated by Chris Sheban When an old farm dog walks up to a farm looking for work, the farmer refuses. He sees dogs as a waste of food since they don’t give anything...
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My Dog’s a Chicken by Susan McElroy Montanari
My Dog’s a Chicken by Susan McElroy Montanari and Anne Wilsdorf (InfoSoup) Lula Mae really wants a puppy, but her mother tells her that times are hard and she will just have to make do. So Lula Mae...
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