First sentence:
Cluck, cluck, cluck!
Calls Mother Hen.
Help count her chicks
From one to ten.
Premise/plot: Farm Babies is a lift-the-flap book. It is neither a board book or a picture book--not properly. (The pages are thick but not board-book thick.) It is adapted from H.A. Rey's Where's My Baby?
Each spread shows a family. The rhyme tells a tiny bit about the family. Many are animal families, but not all.
Many pigletsMy thoughts: I liked this one! I admit I am a bit partial to farm books for little ones!
Has Mother Pig.
Now they are little.
Soon they'll be big.
Reading is a shared experience, especially with books like this one. Parents should treasure each and every moment of it. Lift-the-flap books are a great way for parents and little ones to interact with each other and with the book in hand.
Text: 3 out of 5
Illustrations: 3 out of 5
Total: 6 out of 10
© 2018 Becky Laney of Young Readers
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