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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Over on the Farm

Book Title: Over on the Farm

Author(s): Christopher Gunson

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Christopher Gunson

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Copyright Date: 1995

Genre: Poetry, counting, contemporary realistic fiction

Brief Annotation: Over in the (field, wood, pond, etc) lay a happy mother animal who is looking for her babies. Readers can count the baby animals over in the particular area of the farm and enjoy listening to the rhythmic cadance of the sentences.
Your Rating (1-5) and why: 5--This adorable book is targeted towards pre-k students, which is perhaps why I liked it so much, but the illustrations are soft and bright, and all the animals are detailed so nicely. The book uses concepts of rhyming and counting, and always begins with a variation of the phrase 'over on the farm.' Over on the hill, over in the wood, etc.

Readers who will like this book: Readers who will like this book are young animal lovers who are excited about counting all the babies!
Question to ask about this book before a read aloud: Have you been to a farm? Who lives on a farm? What could we do if we visited a farm?
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