Karen GoatKeeper's Blog - Posts Tagged "a-year-in-the-country"
"A Year in the Country" and "700 Kids on Grandpa's Farm"
Children love reading about farms and farm animals, or must considering how many picture books are on these subjects. These are two more.
A Year in the Country
3 stars
Author/Illustrator: Douglas Florian
Each two page spread is for one month in the year. There is no text other than the name of the month.
Lots goes on in the illustrations. The different animals are not well done. I never did figure out if the white ones were sheep or goats.
The illustrations are good enough to see some of what goes on over the course of a year on a family farm.
700 Kids on Grandpa's Farm
5 stars
Author: Ann Morris
Illustrator: Ken Heyman
Most of the kids in this story have four legs as they are Alpine goat kids. There are plenty of human kids too helping out with various chores and activities around the farm.
The illustrations are photographs of the goats and the cheese factory turning the milk into cream cheese. These Alpines are beautiful and range through many of the color patterns found in Alpines.
The photographs show the little kids and bottle feeding them. The adults are trim and have lovely udders. This is a great book about dairy goats.
A Year in the Country
3 stars
Author/Illustrator: Douglas Florian
Each two page spread is for one month in the year. There is no text other than the name of the month.
Lots goes on in the illustrations. The different animals are not well done. I never did figure out if the white ones were sheep or goats.
The illustrations are good enough to see some of what goes on over the course of a year on a family farm.
700 Kids on Grandpa's Farm
5 stars
Author: Ann Morris
Illustrator: Ken Heyman
Most of the kids in this story have four legs as they are Alpine goat kids. There are plenty of human kids too helping out with various chores and activities around the farm.
The illustrations are photographs of the goats and the cheese factory turning the milk into cream cheese. These Alpines are beautiful and range through many of the color patterns found in Alpines.
The photographs show the little kids and bottle feeding them. The adults are trim and have lovely udders. This is a great book about dairy goats.
