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Farmer Brown's Barnyard Tales
Click, Clack, Quack to School!
They can stand in line (sort of), use indoor voices (perhaps), and are capable of sharing (rumor has it), so the Click Clack critters are ready for school…but is school ready for them? A charming addition to the award-winning Click, Clack series from the New York Times bestselling and Caldecott winning team who brought you Click, Clack, Moo and Click, Clack, Surprise!
Farmer Brown has been invited to be a guest at the elementary school’s Farm Day! The animals excitedly practice their best classroom standing quietly in line, using their inside voices, and learning how to share. But then they find out that farm animals aren’t actually allowed in school (who knew they were considered a health code violation?!). Rules are rules, so Farmer Brown goes to school solo—or so he thinks…for while our favorite barnyard bunch don’t get high marks in rules, they do excel in disguise.
Farmer Brown has been invited to be a guest at the elementary school’s Farm Day! The animals excitedly practice their best classroom standing quietly in line, using their inside voices, and learning how to share. But then they find out that farm animals aren’t actually allowed in school (who knew they were considered a health code violation?!). Rules are rules, so Farmer Brown goes to school solo—or so he thinks…for while our favorite barnyard bunch don’t get high marks in rules, they do excel in disguise.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published July 3, 2018
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Doreen Cronin
121 books441 followersDoreen Cronin (born 1966) is an American writer of children's books, including Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type, a very well-received picture book illustrated by Betsy Lewin.
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July 28, 2018
Not nearly so much fun as the Click-Clacks usually are. I kept waiting for the "big reveal" that the animals weren't really invited and Duck was behind it. Or that Duck was going to do anything, really, besides breathe deeply.
(Also, I don't quite see this as a "get kids ready for school" book, because the animals learn all the rules and then find out they aren't true, so I'm not sure how that would go over....)
(Also, I don't quite see this as a "get kids ready for school" book, because the animals learn all the rules and then find out they aren't true, so I'm not sure how that would go over....)
August 14, 2018
On Monday, Farmer Brown receives an invitation to visit the Dinklemeyer Elementary School and to "bring the animals, too!" When Farmer Brown tells the animals, they are so excited, the cows moo, the chickens cluck, the pigs oink, and the duck - well, the duck is meditating, and Farmer Brown just tells him not to be so duck-y. But when Farmer Brown tells them that school is quiet and serious, all that excitement deflates. The next day, they are a somber group as Farmer Brown pulls into the school yard. But then recess begins and the kids race out wiggling and giggling, thunking and clunking, squeaking and squealing, zooming and zigging, and the animals, well, they just join right in, getting all mooey, and clucky, and oinky...and duck-y. And everyone had a great visit with Farmer Brown's animals at school (even the mice who under the seesaw reading graphic novels). The watercolor illustrations are friendly and colorful, and the addition of kid-like drawings and a thank you note on the endpapers adds to the appeal.This is a jolly back to school book with simple text and repeated refrains that not only invites kids to interact with the story, but also teaches/reminds them that school can be serious, but there's room for fun as well. Those kids familiar with this series will find it a charming addition, those new to it will want to read more about Farmer Brown and his animals. and find out what makes duck so duck-y.
December 9, 2018
When Farmer Brown and his animals are invited to visit the local school, they are all very excited. The farmer insists that the animals must comport themselves according to the rules however, with no mooing, no clucking, and no being Ducky. The animals comply, and everyone arrives at the schoolyard in meticulous order. Then the doors open for recess, and the children pour out, proving that school sometimes is just like a farmyard, with lots of chaos and fun...
The thirteenth picture-book devoted to the doings of the independent-minded animals in Farmer Brown's farmyard, Click, Clack, Quack to School! pairs an engaging tale with appealing artwork. The repetitive story structure, in which Farmer Brown's announcement of the visit is greeted with excitement and his admonishments about the proper behavior with dismay, make this one an excellent read-aloud selection, I think. Lewin's illustrations, done in watercolor, are as entertaining as ever, capturing the droll humor of the story perfectly. My favorite scene, of course, is the one in which Duck is Ducky, and makes himself principal! Recommended to anyone who has read and enjoyed previous stories about these characters, as well as to those looking for somewhat quirky picture-books about one's first day of school.
The thirteenth picture-book devoted to the doings of the independent-minded animals in Farmer Brown's farmyard, Click, Clack, Quack to School! pairs an engaging tale with appealing artwork. The repetitive story structure, in which Farmer Brown's announcement of the visit is greeted with excitement and his admonishments about the proper behavior with dismay, make this one an excellent read-aloud selection, I think. Lewin's illustrations, done in watercolor, are as entertaining as ever, capturing the droll humor of the story perfectly. My favorite scene, of course, is the one in which Duck is Ducky, and makes himself principal! Recommended to anyone who has read and enjoyed previous stories about these characters, as well as to those looking for somewhat quirky picture-books about one's first day of school.
January 7, 2019
Nice message about how school doesn’t have to be a boring place but instead should be filled with fun and engagement.
May 30, 2019
Cute!
October 9, 2019
A fun story about school, but not the most amusing in the series. I still think kids will enjoy it
October 2, 2018
Silliness and giggles are guaranteed as these animals venture into a brand new venue—school!
Farmer Brown has received a letter, requesting the presence of him and his farm yard friends to visit the school. As he dashes around and informs each of the animals, excitement bounds immediately. But Farmer Brown quickly reels in back in and even hands each animal a book of rules...ones that take all the fun out of the entire idea of visiting school. When the animals arrive at school, they are in for a huge surprise.
What a fun book! It's cute to watch the animals leap into excitement when they find out they get to visit school...and just as funny when Farmer Brown immediately tells each one what they can't do. No mooing, no stomping, no clucking. The atmosphere spikes and drops each time like a roller coaster ride. It's hard not to feel sorry for the animals, and brings across very proud feelings when they're able to hold to the rules and be very, very well behaved animals. Kids will enjoy joining in and easily relate to the poor animals. After all, kids have experienced the exact same up and down at one time or another. The ending wraps everything up in a burst of happiness and leaves on a silly and joyful note.
The illustrations are bright, bubbly and express the emotions wonderfully. The animals are silly and easy to identify with. Their reactions are fun to watch. This is the type of book which kids can flip through on their own and enjoy, since the story is brought over through the illustrations nicely as well.
It's a fun read and not only for animal friends.
I received a complimentary copy and enjoyed this with my kids so much that I wanted to leave my honest thoughts.
Farmer Brown has received a letter, requesting the presence of him and his farm yard friends to visit the school. As he dashes around and informs each of the animals, excitement bounds immediately. But Farmer Brown quickly reels in back in and even hands each animal a book of rules...ones that take all the fun out of the entire idea of visiting school. When the animals arrive at school, they are in for a huge surprise.
What a fun book! It's cute to watch the animals leap into excitement when they find out they get to visit school...and just as funny when Farmer Brown immediately tells each one what they can't do. No mooing, no stomping, no clucking. The atmosphere spikes and drops each time like a roller coaster ride. It's hard not to feel sorry for the animals, and brings across very proud feelings when they're able to hold to the rules and be very, very well behaved animals. Kids will enjoy joining in and easily relate to the poor animals. After all, kids have experienced the exact same up and down at one time or another. The ending wraps everything up in a burst of happiness and leaves on a silly and joyful note.
The illustrations are bright, bubbly and express the emotions wonderfully. The animals are silly and easy to identify with. Their reactions are fun to watch. This is the type of book which kids can flip through on their own and enjoy, since the story is brought over through the illustrations nicely as well.
It's a fun read and not only for animal friends.
I received a complimentary copy and enjoyed this with my kids so much that I wanted to leave my honest thoughts.
March 21, 2024
Looking for a fantasy book that incorporates creativity and humor? Click, Clack Quack to School is a fun book for all! The protagonist, Farmer Brown gets told to bring his farm animals to school. He ensures that all the animals know how to behave at school but at the climax of the story, the school children rush out of the school building and cause all the animals to act wild with the children. The style of the book is to entertain readers by using repetition and a fun plot! In the book, a fun spread for students to look at is when the farm animals are waiting outside the schoolhouse for the children. It is the calm before the storm and all the animals are behaving. Light colors are used and the illustrator uses lines to show the animals waiting. Another wonderful spread is on the next page when the students are outside playing. The illustrator uses bright and cheerful colors to show all the students enjoying their time. Words are spread across the page to show what the students are doing. Overall, this book has wonderful illustrations, fun words, and more!
January 16, 2019
Another cute story for this fun series.
November 3, 2023
Very fun, lot of fun words that daughter was amused by.
March 10, 2019
Another solid preschool to 2nd grade “Click, Clack” book by duo Cronin and Lewis. The barnyard artwork is fun and will grab the attention of young readers. Coupled with the book’s fun text, children will have ample opportunity to imitate all the sounds of both a busy barnyard and playground during recess. Every library for young children should have at least one “Click, Clack” and “Diary of a..” book by this talented team, but if budgets/funds allow, more would be good!
September 3, 2018
August 2018 - I'm not sure about the logic behind the story, but it's lots of fun to read aloud, and Ben thought it was funny.
October 6, 2019
Click, Clack, Quack to School by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin, is a story about the farm animals and they type up a letter for Farmer Brown to take them to school. Farmer Brown is excited and tells the animals that school is serious, quiet and calm and they need to cooperate. The animals weren't so excited to go anymore and when they arrive at school they go to recess and see the kids having fun and making lots of noise. They join in and are the complete opposite of calm and serious. Also, the Duck sneaks into the principal's office and makes his own rules. Those rules are "be kind, be safe, be helpful, be honest, respect one another, and don't eat the paste."
The theme of this book was talking about how kids should act in school. I liked how it showed that recess is fun and loud but in the classroom usually it is quiet and calm. This book could be used for children that are just starting to go to school and need to know what is appropriate behavior.
overall, this was a fun and lively story. The way the illustrations and text made it a fun read and an amusing story and I would definitely recommend this to a young reader.
The theme of this book was talking about how kids should act in school. I liked how it showed that recess is fun and loud but in the classroom usually it is quiet and calm. This book could be used for children that are just starting to go to school and need to know what is appropriate behavior.
overall, this was a fun and lively story. The way the illustrations and text made it a fun read and an amusing story and I would definitely recommend this to a young reader.
October 11, 2018
This book goes along with the book Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. This book is a cute and funny book about how Farmer Brown receives a letter from Dinkelmeyer Elementary School. The letter says that him and his farm animals should attend the farm day lunch. Farmer Brown gives the animals one rule to study for school. Will Farmer Brown have time to teach all the farm animals how to behave in school? This book contains colorful illustrations on each page of Farmer Brown and his animals. Theres cows, chickens, pigs, and the duck! This book is great for teaching students how to behave in the classroom as well when to chat and laugh! For teachers, I would read this book in the beginning of the school year to show your students how to behave in whatever setting! I rated this book five stars!
September 3, 2018
Oh my gosh! I loved this back to school book. Farmer Brown gets a letter to go visit a local elementary school. He tells all the animals and they are very excited, until he tells them that they have to behave and be quiet, then they aren't so excited anymore. Farmer Brown even gives them a rule book to study. It is so cute and watching the animals deflate is so funny. Then, he takes everyone to the school just as the recess bell rings. To the animals delight, the kids aren't so quiet at recess. My favorite part are the mice reading graphic novels in the shade! There are so many subtle nuances in the books and in the drawings, and I kept snorting. I'm giving this book 5 stars!
October 8, 2019
Farmer Brown is invited to bring his animals for a school visit. The animals get all excited, but when Farmer Brown tells them the kinds of things that aren't allowed at school, they get nervous. Will they remember how to behave and not get in trouble?
I felt like we only got half the story here. The animals get all worked up about going to school and they arrive, but Farmer Brown never does a school presentation or anything. It just suddenly cuts out after they arrive and the animals see how the kids are acting at recess and respond in kind. Not the best Farmer Brown's barnyard story, but fans of the series will likely still enjoy it.
I felt like we only got half the story here. The animals get all worked up about going to school and they arrive, but Farmer Brown never does a school presentation or anything. It just suddenly cuts out after they arrive and the animals see how the kids are acting at recess and respond in kind. Not the best Farmer Brown's barnyard story, but fans of the series will likely still enjoy it.
October 15, 2018
Most of the story is going along fine. The ending kind of falls flat for me. It was really the farmer who made the problem, but it resolved itself in a strange way. I’m not sure I even liked the ending at all. I think the illustrations are very, very fun and whimsical for kids. I am giving it a mixed review here because some parts I liked and and I did not. It is not my favorite in the series. I do like how calm the duck is, but yet I do not. Maybe it is because Duck is just not himself for most of the story, which is off-putting. Not an essential purchase. Ok for Grades K-2.
August 14, 2021
Farmer Brown gets invited to speak at the local school's Farm Day. The animals are excited, so Farmer Brown tells them they need to be quiet. When they get to the school, the kids run out for recess and play. So the animals stop being quiet and dance around.
The thing is, there's one page of the kids playing, and then one page of the animals playing, but there isn't a page where they interact. And Farmer Brown never gets to speak at Farm Day. In fact, nothing at the school actually indicates that it's Farm Day.
The thing is, there's one page of the kids playing, and then one page of the animals playing, but there isn't a page where they interact. And Farmer Brown never gets to speak at Farm Day. In fact, nothing at the school actually indicates that it's Farm Day.
July 13, 2018
Absolutely delightful entry in the Click, Clack, Moo series - Farmer Brown and his animals are visiting Dinkelmeyer Elementary School!
The animals are so excited they hoot, stomp and snap. Farmer Brown explains the school rules and hands out RULES books for them to study overnight. They arrive quietly - at recess time! Guess what happens? Hooting, hollering, mooing, oinking, stomping, clomping and general happy mayhem!
Suggestions for respectful school behavior in the back. :)
The animals are so excited they hoot, stomp and snap. Farmer Brown explains the school rules and hands out RULES books for them to study overnight. They arrive quietly - at recess time! Guess what happens? Hooting, hollering, mooing, oinking, stomping, clomping and general happy mayhem!
Suggestions for respectful school behavior in the back. :)
December 7, 2018
Cronin knows how to capture an audience and make readers laugh. These books are super cute & the collection is one that I have a hard time keeping on the shelves (so not complaining)! Back to school was big at our library this year (most of my Toddlers from story time were going to preschool), so "back to school" books went out a lot compared to normal. This book is a great one for children who need a little pick-me-up about starting/going back to school.
February 7, 2019
Age: Preschool-1st grade
Animals: Duck, cows, chickens, pigs
The thirteenth in the series, Farmer Brown brings the animals to school but not before giving them strict rules to be calm and quiet when visiting. Upon their arrival, the kids run outside for recess and the animals lose all sense of control, joining in on the raucous fun.
The story isn't exactly earth shattering and feels more like an Early Reader in its simplicity, but fans will enjoy another addition in the series.
Animals: Duck, cows, chickens, pigs
The thirteenth in the series, Farmer Brown brings the animals to school but not before giving them strict rules to be calm and quiet when visiting. Upon their arrival, the kids run outside for recess and the animals lose all sense of control, joining in on the raucous fun.
The story isn't exactly earth shattering and feels more like an Early Reader in its simplicity, but fans will enjoy another addition in the series.
October 28, 2020
Readers who love Doreen Cronin’s best-selling Click Clack series will enjoy the latest addition, in which Farmer Brown is invited to speak at the local school. His barnyard friends practice excitedly for the big day, only to find out they’re not allowed inside. Never ones to be stopped by a few rules, the animals go incognito to join the schoolchildren in their boisterous fun. Sure to be a popular read-aloud prompting class participation in the animals’ refrains.
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February 22, 2022The book is about animals and the farmer who get an invitation to visit the Dinklemeyer Elementary School. The animals are so very excited to get to the school until they are told they can not make noises and that school is serious. When they arrive to the school, the bell rings for recess and children are running around loudly and having fun and the animals also begin to be loud and have fun. Everyone can have fun at the proper times.
October 7, 2018
Hilarious! There’s a place for everything at school, contrary to Farmer Brown’s instructions to his farm animals, as he asks them to change who they are and the excitement they feel and how they show it, when they all get invited to a nearby elementary. Oh, Duck, your aspirations to be in command are always a hoot!
November 27, 2018
Countdown to Kindergarten: Letter Q. Farmer Brown is invited to the local Elementary School and brings the animals along. When he tells them there they must be quiet and calm the animals are less excited about this field trip. Will school be boring???
A little repetitive but I'm sure I'll use this one again.
A little repetitive but I'm sure I'll use this one again.
December 6, 2018
Farmer Brown received an invitation to bring his animals to school on Farm Day. All the animals were excited until Farmer Brown told them the "rules". School is quiet, so there will be No Stomping, No Clomping, No Moo. Moo. Mooing, No cluck, cluck, clucking, No oink, oink, oinking, try not to so Duck-y, he told Duck. The school was quiet, that is until the bell for recess rang.
October 15, 2019
The animals are excited to go to school with Farmer Brown until they hear about the strict rules. When they arrive, they see that school isn't such a quiet, serious place.
I like the mice reading graphic novels in the shade :)
Great school rules (not just being quiet) found in the end pages.
I like the mice reading graphic novels in the shade :)
Great school rules (not just being quiet) found in the end pages.
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November 14, 2020This book was good for students who are afraid to be themselves when people tell them to act in a different way. All the farm animals were very excited to go to school and play with the kids. But the farmer told them they couldn't act inappropriate in anyway. They had to behave themselves, but this was hard for the animals. But at the end of the book the animals were able to act like themselves.
January 1, 2021
This series is a favorite, featuring characters that continue to evolve and bring delight to listeners and readers...but I didn't enjoy how Farmer Brown made school sound "so traditional." While the closing revelation of Duck's role (and the need for mindful breathing) brought a smile to my face, the rest of the story reinforced outdated characterizations of school.
December 20, 2021
Farmer Brown tells the animals that they can go to school and they are quite excited. So much so that they make lots of noise but the farmer tells them that they must be quiet at school. Then they are not so excited. Making noise is fun so school doesn't seem so fun anymore. But once they get to school they learn better.
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