Wake Up, Farm!

by Alvin Tresselt, Carolyn Ewing (Illustrations)

Relates the morning activities and sounds of a variety of farm animals. New illustrations.

Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1955

About the author

Alvin Tresselt (1916-2000) was born in New Jersey. He was an editor for Humpty Dumpty magazine and an executive editor for Parent’s Magazine Press before becoming an instructor and the Dean of Faculty for the Institute of Children’s Literature in Connecticut. He wrote over thirty children’s books, selling over a million copies. Although White Snow, Bright Snow won the Caldecott Medal in 1948, his best-known book is a retelling of the Ukranian folk tale The Mitten. Tresselt was a pioneer in children’s writing, well known for his poetic prose style. He created the “mood” picture book, in which the setting and description for a story was even more important than the characters and plot.
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Reviews

[Lara · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was made a part of the Imagine It curriculum for a PreK classroom... this book has WAY too many words to be appropriate for a 3-5 yr old classroom setting. I looked through the first few pages before tossing it aside, who are you kidding? May be a home read for good listeners at bedtime, but this is no page turner to get my kids interested.

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good for reading to a kiddo in the morning (so many books end with a nighttime scene!) The beginning seemed a little long and poetic, but the part with the animals has a nice quick rhythm to it. He captures the essence of each animal nicely with his description. Very nice illustrations, too.

[Bree · Rating 3 out of 5]

Notes:
hoped for the duvoisin illustrations, but the updated version is still very nice

[Stephen Snyder · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is very popular with preschoolers!

Bravo Alvin Tresselt!