Old MacDonald Had Her Farm

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Old MacDonald had a farm like you've never seen before! With a nod to the familiar refrain E-I-E-I-O, a day on this farm is framed by the vowels A-E-I-O-U-and sometimes Y. Old MacDonald appears in an explosion of color and, starting with the letter A, proceeds to "saw barn planks, stack sacks, crank cranks, and whack gnats." The day progresses as every vowel is featured in action-packed bursts of lively text. Old MacDonald has devised a myriad of tools to make her job if not easier, then a lot more fun. In chaotic scenes filled with pulleys, catapults, and flying machines, the farm becomes the background for a circus-like riot of fantastic contraptions. With dozens of details to discover, and hilarious tongue-twisting text, this book is destined to become a favorite.

Reviews

Exuberantly coloured pictures illustrate each verse in a double-page spread. There are two verses for each five regular vowels and one for y when it acts as a vowel... The effect of the rhymes and the pictures is fun and provides an entertaining way to reinforce the different types of sounds each vowel can make.--Katherine van der Linden"ABQLA -L'Association des bibliothecaires du Quebec" (10/01/2013)
Brilliant work by both author and illustrator results in a fun-filled must-have book for school and public library shelves.--Ellen Donogh"Canadian Children's Book News" (01/01/2013)
Old MacDonald Had Her Farm is a brilliant reinvention of an old favourite. Lawson and Holdcroft have created a masterpiece of colour and rhyme that young children will enjoy greedily.--Inderjit Deogun"CM Reviews" (02/08/2013)
Readers will laugh as their tongues are tied, and will delight in being challenged by new words and ways of describing things.--Katie Gowrie"Quill and Quire" (07/01/2012)

Author Bio

Jonarno Lawson is a poet and the author of several books for children. He lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Tina Holdcroft is the author and/or illustrator of more than 40 books for children, including "Spy, Spy Again." She lives in Toronto, Ontario.