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In this cumulative nursery rhyme and folk song, a parade forms when several farm animals join a boy and his apple wagon.
Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-- A child feeds all the barnyard animals named in the traditional song, and they join him and his family at a summer picnic. This is the bright, broadly drawn kind of book that preschoolers enjoy and ask for again and again. Youngsters can name the animals, which are labeled and shown one at a time in full-page watercolors. They can follow the hero in the simple story or sing along to the music offered on the last page. A fine, fresh rendition of a folk favorite. --Rachel Fox, Port Washington Public Library, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
This ebullient take on a familiar nursery song features a cozy pastoral setting and a winsome cast. Readers follow a boy around the barnyard as he feeds his pets (cat, pig, goat, duck, etc.), and all join in for an impromptu parade that culminates with a tractor ride and a festive picnic. Each turn of the page introduces a new verse, a new animal and a new sound (``pig went griffy-gruffy''; ``goose went swishy-swashy''), making this a particularly satisfying read-aloud. Sweet's buoyant watercolors are the perfect complement to the cumulative ``Old MacDonald''-style text. Framed by cheerily dotted borders, animals are introduced on left-hand pages; opposite, they frolic in full-page scenes. Youngsters will delight in the clever foreshadowing of coming attractions--the pig's entrance, for example, is preceded by a glimpse on the previous page of pink hindquarters and a curly tail. Music is included. Ages 2-6. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Booklist Review
Ages 2-6. Illustrating the upbeat folk song that begins "I had a cat / and the cat pleased me, / I fed my cat under yonder tree," Sweet creates a jaunty picture book featuring a child and a string of friendly barnyard animals as characters. The cumulative nature of the rhyme lends itself to singing along or chiming in on the chorus, and a series of animal noises grows a little longer with each verse. Simple line drawings with bright watercolor washes show the characters larking about on the farm. Piano music (with words and guitar chords) is appended. A musical change of pace for preschool story times. ~--Carolyn Phelan