Once upon MacDonald's farm - Hardcover

Gammell, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0590077929 ISBN 13: 9780590077927

Publisher: Four Winds Press, 1981

Synopsis

MacDonald tries farming with exotic circus animals, but has better luck with his neighbor's cow, horse, and chicken--or does he?

About this title

About the Author:

Stephen Gammell is the acclaimed illustrator of dozens of books for young readers. Included among his many honors are the Randolph Caldecott Medal for Karen Ackerman's Song and Dance Man as well as two Caldecott Honors for Where the Buffaloes Begin by Olaf Baker and The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant. Stephen is also the illustrator of Alvin Schwartz's popular Scary Stories series and has written several other books of his own. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.

From Booklist:

Originally published in 1981, Gammell's uproarious take on the old farmyard song has been reissued with an improved, slightly larger design, including a new jacket, front matter, and type, and clear white space framing the amazing two-color illustrations. The story of the bumbling farmer is timeless. He tries to farm with an elephant, a baboon, and a lion. When they rebel and leave, his neighbor gets him a chicken, a cow, and a horse. Unfortunately, the stalwart farmer messes up once more ("Ei-ei-oh") in a way that kids will laugh at again and again. There's a sense of a real hardscrabble farm and individual animals in Gammell's pictures. Maybe that's why the wild farce is so funny and so tender. Hazel Rochman
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About this edition

• Publisher: Four Winds Press
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0590077929
• ISBN 13: 9780590077927
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32