Increasing numbers of different animals, from one horse to ten ants, try to steal food from Old MacDonald's corner food cart.
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From Publishers Weekly
What if Old MacDonald owned a pushcart and sold snacks in an urban park? As Williams (Library Lil) and Wickstrom (Hiccup Snickup) see it, agriculture is a picnic compared with all the humorous adversity their transplanted hero must confront. Old MacDonald, wearing a jaunty beret and vest, and sporting a handlebar mustache, takes pride in his yellow pushcart with its red rooftop: "Old MacDonald had a cart, E-I-E-I-O. Beside his cart there stood ONE horse, E-I-E-I-O." Then that horse, which belongs to a policeman, swipes an apple and it's all downhill by book's end, marauding animals have carried off almost all of his wares, and the now resigned but bemused vendor hands his remaining lollipop to the child who has been his self-appointed sidekick. Williams keeps track of the ever-increasing groups of animals (six pigeons, eight geese, etc.) and delineates their distinctive sounds (the three crows fly "with a caw-caw here and a caw-caw there"), but the acts of thievery are Wickstrom's province, relayed only in his oil paintings. His clever diversion draws readers into the cartoon comedy of his spreads and keeps them wondering what will be purloined next. Ages 3-6.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
reSchool-Grade 1-When you take Old MacDonald out of the country and put him in the city, it makes perfect sense that instead of a farm, he has a food cart, and that, in addition to the traditional cats, dogs, and horses, he's surrounded by pigeons, squirrels, and ants. This rollicking retelling of the traditional song follows the original text fairly closely, with one clever twist that turns it into a counting book as well as a sing-along. Beside this Old MacDonald's cart stands one horse, behind it jump two dogs, above fly three crows, and so on. The humorous, cartoon illustrations, rendered in oils on Bristol board, show an amusing subplot in which the various animals snatch peanuts, hot dogs, and popcorn off the cart, much to the arm-waving, hair-pulling exasperation of the mustachioed MacDonald. Simple shapes, strong black lines, and good use of white space allow the pictures to contain a lot of action without being busy. A natural for storytime.
Anna DeWind Walls, Milwaukee Public Library
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Anna DeWind Walls, Milwaukee Public Library
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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Suzanne Williams is the award-winning author of over 30 books for children, from picture books and easy readers to chapter books and middle grade fiction series. A former elementary school librarian, she lives in Renton,Washington (near Seattle). Her picture book Library Lil (illustrated by Steven Kellogg) won the New Mexico children's choice award in 2000 and was on several other state award lists. Her most recent series are Princess Power (ages 8 - 12), Fairy Blossoms (ages 7 - 10), and Goddess Girls (ages 9 - 12, with co-author Joan Holub.) You can visit her at her website: www.suzanne-williams.com
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