Around the Farm

by Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar is having an anniversary, and it's a big one! Celebrate the beloved book's 50th anniversary with this Eric Carle First Look and Find book.

The roosters crowing and it's time to take a look around the farm! This padded board book is just the right size for little learners. Search 7 scenes for hidden farm and animal themed objects. Then, flip to the back of the book for extra Look and Find challenges!

This Look and Find book is special

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Animals, Kids

16 pages, Board Book

First published February 1, 2013

About the author

Eric Carle was an American author, designer and illustrator of children's books. His picture book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, first published in 1969, has been translated into more than 66 languages and sold more than 50 million copies. Carle's career as an illustrator and children's book author accelerated after he collaborated on Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?. Carle illustrated more than 70 books, most of which he also wrote, and more than 145 million copies of his books have been sold around the world.
In 2003, the American Library Association awarded Carle the biennial Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (now called the Children's Literature Legacy Award), a prize for writers or illustrators of children's books published in the U.S. who have made lasting contributions to the field. Carle was also a U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2010.

Reviews

[Mike · Rating 1 out of 5]

I have owned this book for a week, and read it to my son about one thousand times.

Here's my problem: this is a book where you press buttons to hear the noises animals make.

There is a turtle button.
There is a rabbit button.
There is a caterpillar button.
There is a butterfly button.

Those animals do not make sounds you would want your six month old son to hear:

-A turtle wheezes and gasps as it scans the horizon for other turtles to mount.
-Rabbits either chirp when doing nothing, or scream when being eaten. What fun.
-A caterpillar makes minute chewing and scraping noises as it consumes vegetation, and possibly lets out an unsettling sigh of relief as it turns into a pool of goo inside its cocoon.
-Butterflies make a high-pitched wailing shriek at all times, because the moment they emerge from their metamorphic chamber, the world is a barrage of newness and light and rebirth that no creature should be forced to endure after already living a life as another being.We are lucky, as a species, that our ears can't pick up the horrific sounds of the butterfly, who frantically race towards the peace of death as soon as they can dump some eggs on a leaf.

[Theo Sullivan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m sure if my parents could get the sounds to work I’d like this book a lot more… 🙄

[Harry Kennedy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cock a doodle doo! Man do I love this book. Getting to hear all my favorite animals anytime of day - what could be better?? I am partial to the turtle, rooster, and woodpecker though. Great read!

[Aga · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very cute book, a firm favourite! Although the turtle noise is not accurate it makes a fun dance number for the kids, and always after we finish reading there is a turtle dance session to look forward to. So many readings and I haven't gotten bored yet.

[Mavis’s Dad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eric Carle illustrations AND sound effects? This book was destined for literary genius even before he chose to go with the cock crowing on the cover.

Moral: Not so much a moral, but your child will learn the sound effects of the farm.

Length: It seems a lot longer than it is… but Eric Carle just had to get that damn caterpillar into the narrative somehow.

Favorite Line: “The chick is yellow and fluffy.”

Overall Impression: This is one large farm, complete with snakes and turtles and fish. In other words, Eric Carle expanded the farm to include animals he could draw. But the sound effects elevate this book. They’re mostly accurate recreations and Mavis loves pushing the button and matching the pictures in the book to the keypad. Eric Carle isn’t very good at storytelling, so this book works well because he doesn’t have to complete a narrative. This book just “is” and it’s perfect for what Mavis needs it to be.

[Haines Eason · Rating 5 out of 5]

A cornerstone of any child's home library. I'll be in the kitchen making dinner, downstairs in my office working, etc., and to me will drift the Play-a-Sound rooster's call, the caterpillar's silly song, the little mouse's chirp... All these will be followed, without fail, by my toddler's giggle and, now, soon after, my baby's wide-open laugh.

[Canette Arille · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great for small children. The illustrations are better than Dragon Dragon and I m happy by that :) . Here You can read Your child, but also they can press the buttons to hear animals noises. For example: cow (moo) . I really like this book and gladly recommend it to everyone

[Alison Wood · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this book. I think it is very engaging and allows for a fun experience if reading alone or with another. I think it is also good for exposure, for kids who may not get to see all these animals or know about them.

[Mandy · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son adores this book!

[UnspeakableFan]

Great for children 2-5

[Mama Bearian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Each button corresponds to a symbol in the book. When you push the button, it says the animal's name and the sound that it makes.

[Emma Sedlak · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful Christmas present from Mom for Bera, but Eamon loves pressing the buttons and reading it just as much!

[John Strott · Rating 3 out of 5]

Whoever compiled the animal sounds has clearly never interacted with a turtle, butterfly, or caterpillar before

[Blakely Pierson · Rating 5 out of 5]

All the sounds were fun!

[Mariah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love most of the animal sounds. The turtle, rabbit, butterfly and caterpillar make music instead of animal sounds which Grayson loves but isn’t accurate. Still a fun little book!

[Mise · Rating 4 out of 5]

Standard book

[ChihYing Wu · Rating 5 out of 5]

找動物的書
類似威利在哪裡～
喜歡作者的風格

[Kathryn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good variety of sounds, excellent for city kids too

[Carm · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book has been read and re-read by my little in the last month. It’s been helping so much with our animal sounds and recognition.

[Mira Prater · Rating 5 out of 5]

Me: I love this!
Elliot: *wipes snot on me and smiles*

[TFE · Rating 1 out of 5]

Images are way too small on board book size but uses classic Eric Carle illustrations.

[Mary-Lynn Ferrante · Rating 5 out of 5]

Whoa my son cannot get enough of this book. We bought second one because the sounds on the first one quit working. Eric Carle is a staple in this house.

[Matthew Gold · Rating 4 out of 5]

My niece was thoroughly entertained by the noises, but look at me in the eyes and tell me a butterfly makes that noise 🧐

[Tami Lewis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book for young ones. All the sounds of the farm animals in realistic sounds.

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Around the Farm Soundbook by Eric Carle – This is a present, and I will warn you that it went off on its own in the middle of the night. Perfect to give to my darling cousin lol! Happy Reading!

[Tracy King · Rating 5 out of 5]

My granddaughter's favorite book to read with Gram <3

[Michele · Rating 5 out of 5]

My little bitty kids really, Frankie e Love this book. I must have ready it hundreds of times with the daycare and with my kids.

[Jay Gabler · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you can’t trust this book to tell you how a caterpillar sounds, what can you trust it for?

[Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Knocked down a star bc some of these animals quite literally do not make noise and if they did it wouldn’t be what was included lol

[Jenna Mills · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun. But some of the animal sounds are incorrect (eg caterpillar) which is surely confusing for a baby! I also have to explain things/correct things. A cow does not give the farmer milk - the farmer steals it!