Scarecrow's Secret

Usborne Farmyard Tales (Numbered) #7

by Heather Amery, Stephen Cartwright (Illustrator)

Describes how Mr. Boot and his two children, Poppy and Sam, build a scarecrow that is extraordinarily more effective than their neighbor's.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, School

16 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Heather Amery was born and brought up in Bath, Somerset. Heather has written over a hundred books for children, including alphabet books, science and history books, craft books, classical fairy tales, a series for beginner readers called Farmyard Tales, Usborne Bible Tales, and Greek Myths.

Reviews

[Gill Marshall · Rating 4 out of 5]

A delightful story, part of the Usborne Farmyard Tales series, and has lovely colourful illustrations. It can be read by both child and adult together and is interactive, having little yellow duck hiding on every page for children to find.

[Samera Jamil · Rating 5 out of 5]

From the series of Usborne's farmyard tales this is a great book for those who are beginning to read. So I would recommend for children in Year 1. The book uses simple vocaulabary and easy sentence structure. It could be used a read-alone book or read aloud to a class to promote a certain topic. A positive attribute to this book is the clear clues to words as children can use the images to work out what each word says. Also it has a notion of humour which will maintain the childrens interest and encourage them to read along.

This can be used in a classroom during the Harvest period to explain exactly what happens during this time. This could be a cross curricular book as it can be used for literacy, history, geography, maths and art. When reading aloud the teacher can probe questions to encourage children to explain what they can see, this will improve their speaking skills and confidence. The questions asked could be 'What is the dad building?' 'Where do you think they are going?' This willencourage them to use their imaginations and guess what will happen next. Secondly, history can be intereagted here and the teacher could bring props of what was used in the olden times when at fields. Also Geography knowledge, the class could go on a trip to an area where crops are grown, maybe to a farm to interview the farmer. The children could develop their own questions on what they would like to ask the farmer. in addition, the teacher could apply this into a maths session. A work sheet could be given for children to identify and make a scarecrow using different shapes and work out using a field template where he would be placed which could develop into Art where they will actually build their own scarecrow. Lastly a final idea may be to act in out as a role play or even invent a scarecrow game in PE. A great book which can be used in a classroom.

[Книжни Криле · Rating 5 out of 5]

Има някои детски поредици, които те изпълват с умиление още преди да ги разгърнеш – просто самите корици и заглавията са ти достатъчни да се влюбиш в тях. Точно такъв е и случаят с шестте книжки от серията „Приказки от фермата” на издателство Прес. Прочетете ревюто на "Книжни Криле:

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[Alireza Emami · Rating 4 out of 5]

عاشق سری کتابهای قصه های مزرعه ام
مخصوصا پیدا کردن اردک که تو هر صفحه یه جایی قایم شده
پوپی و سم در مزرعه درخت سیب
از دو سه سالگی بارها خوندیمش

[Selin · Rating 3 out of 5]

turkcesini okuduk

[Chinook · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is pretty boring, I have to say, but it’s right at Kait’s level just now and Maddie enjoyed helping with the activities at the end after Kait read it.

[Poppy Thorpe · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute book with an unexpected ending.

[The Nobbs Family · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was really excited that the scarecrow would be alive but was disappointed. They also say he does a really good job but on the picture there's animals all over him - 6 year old.

[Nicole Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is for beginner readers, but it is one that they will be very interested in to see how it goes. The story is of a scarecrow who does his job well but the family get curious and goes to examine it closely. The book is simple and to the point, is build in the easiest format for beginner readers to adjust to it well.

[Savio Sebastian · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is one of the more interesting books I like from the Farmyard Series. It does have a clever plot. I've reviewed other books on the Farmyard Series and I don't think they're fun to read as an adult - but my toddler absolutely loves it.

[Kay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Once again my niece shared one of her school book buddy books. Great illustrations that go along with a wonderful story.

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