Junior on the Farm: A Spinwheels Book [Hardcover]

Lisa Eve Huberman (Author), Samantha Berger (Author), Daniel Moreton (Author)

Book Description

Grade Level: P and up | Series: Spinwheels Book

Every page features an internal wheel that changes both words and pictures before a young reader's eyes.

Children will giggle with delight as they follow Junior through a surprisingly silly day on the farm. It all starts when Junior wakes up and looks at the sun shining outside his window. But wait . . . is that the sun in the sky? . . . or a tennis ball? . . . or a daisy? . . . or even a fried egg? Join Junior as he mistakes a banana for a duck, a lightbulb for an egg, and underwear for a beehive. Finally, Junior discovers just what he needs to see everything right. Children will learn just how cool sporting specs can be.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

An opthalmologically challenged pig stars in Junior on the Farm and Junior in the City, two paper-over-board books by Samantha Berger and Lisa Eve Huberman, illus. by Daniel Moreton. "The sun came up warm and bright/ And filled the farm with morning light./ Junior yawned and looked up high./ But the sun looked like a ____ in the sky." A spin wheel fills in the blank and shows a corresponding picture of the object. Among the spectacles-free possibilities: a fried egg, a pumpkin and a daisy.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 14 pages
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams (September 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810910233
• ISBN-13: 978-0810910232
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 8.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,471,188 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Samantha Berger is not an otter, a Princess, nor a little monster (well, sometimes) but she IS a writer and artist who loves to make up stories about all three!

From the time she was very little, Samantha has always loved children's books, cartoons, comics, costumes, and Kermit the Frog.

Samantha grew up to become the Vice President of Animated Shorts at Nickelodeon, and to write over seventy books for young readers, most recently, "Martha Doesn't Say Sorry!" and "Martha Doesn't Share!"

Before Nickelodeon, Samantha was an Editor at Scholastic, before that a Preschool Teacher, before that, worked at Rhino Records, and before THAT skipped merrily 'round the streets of Brooklyn and Philly.

Samantha recently learned how to drive and moved to sunny California after 15 years on Manhattan Isle. She shares her home with two terrific rescue dogs, 'Rora Mae and Polly Pocket, also know as The Senior and The Puppy.

Samantha loves to travel all over the world, and do as much good as she can along the way. She also loves to laugh loud and hard, as often as possible. Can you hear her? She's probably laughing right now.

You can visit her at www.SamanthaBerger.com

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cleverly designed, interactive book, February 22, 2005

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Rob Houser (Suwanee, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Junior on the Farm: A Spinwheels Book (Hardcover)

Amazon's suggested age for this book is 4-8, which represents the reading level but not necessarily the ideal target for the book. My son, now 4-years-old, gets a great thrill from having an impact on the story when we read it together. On each page, he gets to turn a wheel to choose between different silly alternatives for what Junior sees (without his glasses on). He takes time each night to explain why he chose each different object. We've been reading the book off and on since he was about 2.5, but I've noticed that this year (at 4), he picks it out almost every night (out of hundreds of other books). There's no special educational value of this book, but it does make a young child feel more in control of his world and I think it unleashes a little imagination during reading time. I enjoy hearing my son laugh at the humorous illustrations and the silly choices that HE made while reading the book.