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Farm Flu

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Farm Flu is a sweet little book about a boy and his sickly livestock. I think that the rhyme is good, but the story is even better. And how charming is the repeated text "I know just what my mom would do / if it were me who had the flu."? My little son requests this book a LOT, and I am only too happy to oblige him.

I teach preschool and I love to read this story in February, by which time most of the children have been sick with colds or flu and can relate to the poor farm animals who start sniffling and sneezing! We all pretend to sneeze when the animals do - four-year-olds love to pretend to sneeze, the louder, the better! It's very cute at the end, when the animals, now recovered, care for the boy when he gets sick. Another thing I like about this book is that it always leads to good conversations - children love to talk about when they were sick - and it's a natural way to lead into talking about washing your hands often - to avoid getting sick like the animals in "Farm Flu"!

My son demands that I read him lots of books and it always makes me happy when he picks this one out. Its great fun to read. I think I enjoy it more than he does. You can really get into the rhyme and rhythm trying new ways each time you read it. The story is funny as well. I've probably read it a hundred times and haven't gotten sick of it yet.