Farming

Name: Farming
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Gail Gibbons
ISBN: 9781666591293

Author: Gail Gibbons

Narrator: Jon Bennett

Unabridged: 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 10/04/2016

Categories: Children's Fiction, Animal Stories, Children's Lifestyles, Science & Nature Stories

Synopsis

Do you know what it takes to run a farm? Gail Gibbons uses her signature combination of clear and informative wording, with plenty of illustrations to explore life on a farm throughout the year. Kids will see the work required to take care of various kinds of animals, as well as indoor chores necessary to maintain the farm. Showing how activities change from one season to the next, Gibbons explains how farmers deal with weather and use machines to grow crops which become our food.

About Gail Gibbons

Gail Gibbons grew up writing stories and drawing pictures to fit the words, and wishing she lived in the country. After graduating from the University of Illinois with a bachelor of fine arts degree, she became involved in television graphics. Eventually Gail became a full-time writer and moved to rural Vermont, where she could have a garden and as many pets as she wanted. Winner of the 2010 Regina Medal, Gail has written & illustrated more than 140 books. Gail and her husband, Kent Ancliffe, have a dog named Wilbur and two cats, named Miles and Davis. They live in Corinth, Vermont in a passive solar house that Gail's husband built and on an island off the coast of Maine.

About Jon Bennett

Jon Bennett has been an actor for 30 years now. He has appeared in numerous commercials, films and television shows as well as dozens of plays throughout the country.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Peacegal

A simple, of-its-era look at the workings of a diversified small farm. The changing of seasons is presented along with lists and illustrations of all of the chores that must be done around the farm. Farms such as this were getting rarer and rarer during the book's publication and today are in many c......more

Goodreads review by midnightfaerie

We got a themed box of books from the library about Farms and this was one of the books. We all really enjoyed this one. Once again it brought back childhood memories of spending summers on my grandfather's farm. There was so much going on in the pictures my preschoolers were fascinated. And there w......more

Goodreads review by Barbara

This updated version of the 1988 informational text is filled with rich colors and simple text as readers are introduced to farm life. Using the lens of the four seasons--spring, summer, fall, and winter, Gibbons shows the same scenes as they change according to the temperatures and weather. She des......more