
Big Red Barn Board Book
By the big red barn In the great green field, There was a pink pig Who was learning to squeal. There were horses and sheep and goats and geese--and a jaunty old scarecrow leaning on his hoe. And they all lived together by the big red barn. In joyous and exuberant Pictures, Felicia Bond lovingly evokes Margaret Wise Brown's simple, rhythmic text about the cycle of a day on a farm, where a family of animals peacefully plays and sleeps. In the barnyard there are roosters and cows, horses and goats, and a pink piglet who is learning to squeal. Margaret Wise Brown's lulling story about a day in the life of a barnyard is now available as a sturdy board book. Felicia Bond's atmospheric illustrations add to the tranquil simplicity of this story.
Reviews

Chris Aldrich@chrisaldrich
Margaret Wise Brown has certainly done better. There wasn't much plot and I generally wasn't much of a fan of the illustrations by Felicia Bond until the end. On the penultimate page about mice playing in the hay, there was a surreptitious upside down picture of Snoopy hiding on a bucket. And in one of the best parts of the book - for reasons beyond my understanding - along with the line "While the moon sailed high" Bond had a wonderful reflection of the moon in the water bin in which a small sail boat floated.

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