DISPLAY: Down On the Farm

Farm
By Elisha Cooper
New York : Orchard Books, 2010.

Describes the activities on a busy family farm from the spring when preparations for planting begin to the autumn when the cats grow winter coats and the cold rains begin to fall.

Cock-a-doodle-doo-bop!
By Michael Ian Black
Illustrated by Matt Myers
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2015.

When Mel the rooster gets tired of his boring old cock-a-doodle-doo he decides to shake things up with something brand new--the cock-a-doodle-doo-bop! But not everyone on the barnyard is a fan of the new tune.

Cock-a-doodle-doo, Creak, Pop-pop, Moo
By Jim Aylesworth
Illustrated by Brad Sneed
New York : Holiday House, 2012.

Rhyming text divulges the many sounds heard on a farm, from a rooster's morning crow to an owl's goodnight call.

Old MacDonald Had a Farm
By Gris Grimly
New York : Orchard Books, 2017.

A new version of the traditional American song, with an unexpected twist at the end.

E-I-E-I-O : How Old MacDonald Got His Farm
By Judy Sierra
Illustrated by Matthew Myers
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2014.

The Little Red Hen gives Old MacDonald some pointers on composting-- and a legendary farm is born-- in this rhyming, rollicking read-aloud.

Pirates on the Farm
By Denette Fretz
Illustrated by Gene Barretta
Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zonderkidz, 2013.

Many people are concerned, most of all Mother, when a band of pirates buys the farm next door, but Dad teaches them how to plant seeds, milk cows, ride horses, and much more while simply being a good neighbor.

Cow Can't Sleep
By Ken Baker
Illustrated by Steve Gray
New York : Marshall Cavendish Children, 2012.

Unable to sleep on the scratchy hay in the barn, Belle gets the farmyard in an uproar before she finds a soft, quiet place to sleep

The Cow Said Neigh!: A Farm Story
By Rory Lee Feek
Illustrated by Bruno Robert
Nashville : Tommy Nelson, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, 2018.

Illustrations and rhyming text follow a series of farm animals as each wishes it could be another, and lets out the sound of the animal it envies.

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