My Farm Friends - Hardcover

Minor, Wendell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399244778 ISBN 13: 9780399244773

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, 2011

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author:

Wendell Minor is a graduate of the Ringling School of Art and Design. His work is in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress, the Museum of American Illustration, and the NASA Art Collection at the John F. Kennedy Space Center.

From Booklist:

Drawing on childhood memories of his family’s Illinois farm, Minor celebrates farm animals— furry, feathered, hairy, and woolly—with warm watercolor-and-gouache artwork and cozy, playful rhymes that young children will love to hear many times over: “Horses eat hay / And horses say neigh / They sleep standing up / Could you / sleep that way?” Starting with the title page, depicting a kid stretching out to stroke a lamb, the art’s textures invite kids to imagine the sensations of being on a farm as well as the mischief. On the spread accompanying the poem “Billy goat / silly goat, / chews everything / Just because he’s curious . . . It might make you furious,” a goat stares back at viewers with a red paisley scarf in its mouth. Another spread informs kids that cows drink a bathtub full of water to produce milk every day, and the picture shows a cow drinking from an outdoor tub as a smiling boy takes his bath. More fun facts appear on the final spread, which includes Internet sources. Preschool-Kindergarten. --Hazel Rochman

About this edition

• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0399244778
• ISBN 13: 9780399244773
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Minor Wendell