books: animal farm

books: animal farm

books:

Animal farm

Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens: Care / Feeding / Facilities

Gail Damerow

Storey Publishing, LLC, 1995

This is the one you need
If you do not know anything about raising chickens, this is the book for you. Easy to read and understand. Good discreption of possible problems with your flock. I have raised chickens for 6 years and this was even good for me as a refresher.

Barnyard Dance! (Boynton on Board)

Sandra Boynton

Workman Publishing Company, 1993

Stomp your feet!!!
What a treat to buy this for a friend's baby. My youngest child LOVED this book because as others have pointed out, it is fantastic! Just reading the words results in a great rhyme and makes you dance. You can't help it. Babies love it, toddlers love it, and parents ...

Philadelphia Chickens

Sandra Boynton

Workman Publishing Company, 2002

Played it at dinner parties
Our family got such a kick out of this CD we actually played it for our guests at a dinner party. This is music that has a humor and subtlety that adults will appreciate and subject matter kids enjoy. My boys 5 and 3 both love it. Most childrens music I find obnoxious, ...

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)

Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, ...

Harper Perennial, 2008

Comforting and Inspiring
Good arguments and an interesting point of view from someone who knows how to make their own food from the earth, to the kitchen, to the plate.

Christmas in the Manger Board Book

Nola Buck

HarperFestival, 1998

Christmas in the Manager Review by Mom of 16month
Great book for little ones. I have a 16th month old boy who loves this book and helped us focus on more than just Santa and presents for the holiday season. Lovely pictures and good text make this a reading pleasure for everyone.

Thump, Quack, Moo: A Whacky Adventure

Doreen Cronin

Atheneum, 2008

Great series
My 4 yr old loves these books! This was a really cute one and is well-illustrated as always. We enjoyed the ending and duck is always fun to watch as he causes trouble on the farm.

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

Jon Scieszka

Puffin, 1996

Loved reading this as a kid
I read this book aloud at my kindergarten graduation (we did a play with the 3 little wolves and this story worked together) and after watching the video of that recently it reminded me of how much I loved this story and I think because of stories like this and the 3 ...

Open the Barn Door (A Chunky Book(R))

Random House Books for Young Readers, 1993

Very good reading for certain adults, too
When I was tutoring an otherwise bright person who wanted to learn word processing, I noticed that she needed help with grammar and reading, too. This book is an excellent choice for an adult who uses poor grammar and has a low reading level. This person is ...

Sheep in a Jeep

Nancy E. Shaw

Sandpiper, 1997

Perfect for the little book worm.
My daughter thought this was such a cute rhyming book! Super for young kids with great illustration!

Animal Farm and 1984

George Orwell

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003

Worthy literature that transcends the genre of political fable
This is a handsome republication of Orwell's two most renowned works, Animal Farm and 1984. Even if you're just looking for 1984, this edition is to be commended; it comes with a fine introduction by today's leading Orwell enthusiast, Christopher Hitchens, and the ...

James Herriot's Treasury for Children: Warm and Joyful Tales by the Author of All Creatures Great and Small

James Herriot

St. Martin's Press, 1992

Even the little ones can enjoy Herriot!
I am a long-time fan of James Herriot's books. I worked in an independent book store when I found this jewel, and I have given it at every baby shower and young child's birthday since. It is a collection of stories taken from his books and illustrated. The stories are ...

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

Doreen Cronin

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2000

An Over and Again Read
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type, written by Doreen Cronin and published by Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, is a humorous rendition of animal life on the farm. Understanding moo is important in this tale, where cows go on strike and chickens refuse to lay ...

Olivia

Ian Falconer

Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books, 2000

Olivia and Babe are my favorite pigs
I love a children's book that begins the story on the end pages (located just inside the covers). How creative! What fun! That's just where Ian Falconer begins his story of Olivia, my favorite children's book character. Olivia is the child you want, but fear ...

Farm Animals (A Chunky Book(R))

Phoebe Dunn

Random House Books for Young Readers, 1984

Baby Magic
I don't know what it is about this book, but babies LOVE it. It's perfect for babies 5 months and up...easy to hold, easy to turn the pages, ok to gnaw on a little. The pictures are simple and clear. It's short on words, but inevitably you get into the animal sounds ...

Animal Farm

George Orwell

1st World Library - Literary Society, 2004

An Enduring Classic
I picked this book up last night, and read it in one sitting. It was obvious that the story was a satire of Communism (all the animals call each other "Comrade"), and at times it was very funny in its ridiculousness. But there was a disturbing grain of truth throughout ...