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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2010
K-Gr 3 A husband and wife and their two children live on a farm. The heavily illustrated narrative, which begins in March and ends in November, describes how each season brings different sights, smells, and activities. Using a variety of machinery, the farmers prepare for planting, harvesting, and storing crops of feed corn. The children are involved in growing and maintaining a smaller garden of vegetables and feeding the c...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2010
Readers who have enjoyed previous outings with Cooper and his sketchbook (Beach, rev. 7/06; A Good Night Walk, rev. 11/05) will be rewarded once again in this through-the-year look at a farm. Four of Cooper's familiar small figures open the book ("a farmer, another farmer, a boy, a girl"); the loosely outlined figures convey character and feeling through posture alone. The following spread, one of Cooper's neat collections of spot art, lays out everythin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Starred Review on January 1, 2010
Cooper provides a through-the-year look at a farm. Constantly varying spreads, including neat collections of spot art, keep things l...Log In or Sign Up to Read More