Driving My Tractor Book & VIDEO CD - Softcover

Jan Dobbins

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9781846866630: Driving My Tractor Book & VIDEO CD

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846866634 ISBN 13: 9781846866630

Publisher: Barefoot Books Ltd, 2011

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A new edition of a Barefoot bestseller with sales to date of over 4,500 copies. Includes a dual-purpose audio and video CD to listen to the singalong on a CD player or listen and watch the video animation on a Mac or PC.

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About the Author:

Jan Dobbins is a specialist in music education for young children. A songwriter and composer, she runs creative children's workshops focusing on instrumental music, art and drama. Jan lives in Somerset. David Sim studied graphic design at the Edinburgh College of Art, and illustration at the Royal College of Art, London. He now works mainly for children's publishers, illustrating and designing. David lives in Fife. Mark Collins is a London-based musical director, pianist, arranger and composer. This is his fifth musical arrangement for Barefoot Books intended to inspire young people to play instruments and make music. Mark is also the Musical Director and vocalist for Portside Pirates!

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PreSchool-K—A farmer drives his tractor down a bumpy road through various seasons, gradually loading one cow, two donkeys, three pigs, four sheep, and five chickens onto his trailer. When his filled vehicle hits a stone, the grinning load shakes loose and all escape. By the time the farmer arrives home, he is greeted by all the critters. This tale is ideal for storytime with its rhyming text, fun sounds, and refrain, "Chug, chug, clank, clank, toot! It's a very busy day." This is a jolly read-aloud, and the accompanying CD with a jazzy version adds to the charm, with both an instrumental track and SteveSongs (of PBS fame) singing the text. In addition to a page of the music, the book's extras include a spread of farm vehicles with brief descriptions of their purposes and another of a dozen different types of crops, explaining when they're grown. Dobbins's text, with its bounty of information and fun, is well matched with Sim's cartoonlike, folk art illustrations in acrylics and pastels.—Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA
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