Jim Post (1939–2022)

"Various farm animals introduce themselves and sing their respective animal sounds. Includes die-cut pages which allow the reader to use an attached hand puppet in order to accompany them." books cover

Jim and Janet Post are folk musicians and entertainers who together have written several children's books.

Dan Vasconcellos is a freelance illustrator and editorial cartoonist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post amongst other publications. He says that his favorite work has been in children's books.… (mais)

I thought that this was a very entertaining book for children. It incorporates a puppet in it which makes the book even better. I read this book with a boy that I babysit and he absolutely loved it. The different characters, which are the different animals on the farm, all have their own voice and sayings in the book. I especially liked the cow and the farmers voices. Along with their own voice the different characters also had saying that rhymed. Because of the rhyming I was saying the lines of the book hours after I read it.

Overall, I really liked this book because it incorporated rhyming and the puppet. Both of these elements made the book memorable and very entertaining.… (mais)