Once Upon a Farm - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1565547535 ISBN 13: 9781565547537

Publisher: Pelican Publishing, 2000

Synopsis

From the author of the best-selling Memories of a Former Kid. Artley, raised on his family farm in Hampton, Iowa, describes the sometimes tedious, sometimes enjoyable, responsibilities of growing up on a farm.

About this title

About the Author

Bob Artley (1917-2011) was the celebrated illustrator of more than ten books. His career began more than fifty years ago as an editorial cartoonist. He spent most of his time with the Des Moines Tribune and the Worthington (Minnesota) Daily Globe. In retirement, he devoted most of his time to children’s books. He wrote and illustrated Once Upon a Farm, Memories of a Farm Kitchen, Christmas on the Farm, Living With Pigs, and Step Up!, also published by Pelican.

From the Back Cover

Here, this well-established illustrator takes an affectionate look at farm life throughout the seasons. All the activities of the year are described and illustrated in fascinating detail.

Bob Artley grew up on his family farm in Hampton, Iowa. At the University of Iowa, Artley's work first began to include scenes of farm life, and, when an editorial cartoonist for the Worthington Daily Globe, his watercolors and essays of life on the farm evolved into a weekly feature.

Reviews

Grade 4 Up-Artley's boyhood memories of farm life in Iowa are charmingly detailed in readable prose and fine watercolor paintings and sketches. Beginning in the spring, a season of "mud-frost-hope," the conversational essays recount the required tasks, some pleasant, many arduous, that were necessary to begin the cycle of life on the farm. Many of the illustrations include hand-printed captions that will have special appeal to young readers: "Before spring work began in the fields Dad gave the old Fordson its annual overhaul-and we kids got the old ball bearings which made wonderful steel marbles." The author also includes many details of everyday life, with a decidedly nostalgic eye: kerosene lamps, one-room schools, plowing roads after a snowstorm, early family automobiles, school programs, crank telephones, the supper table, and play activities. A bird's-eye view of barns, buildings, roads, equipment, gardens, trees, and animals is just one of many intriguing maps and cutaway drawings that readers will pore over. This is a beautiful book that progresses through the seasons, bringing to life an almost forgotten time. For reading or browsing, it's a delight.
Lee Bock, Glenbrook Elementary School, Pulaski, WI
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pelican Publishing
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565547535
• ISBN 13: 9781565547537
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Artley Bob
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 128