Richard Scarry's The Animals of Farmer Jones (Big Little Golden Book) [Hardcover]

Golden Books (Author), Richard Scarry (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 13, 2004 | Age Level: 2 and up | Series: Big Little Golden Book

It is suppertime on the farm. The animals are very hungry. But where is Farmer Jones?

The cow jangles her bell. “Moo, moo,” says the cow. “I am very hungry.” But where is Farmer Jones?

Published 50 years ago, this simple, satisfying story is illustrated in Richard Scarry’s early, more painterly style.

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It is suppertime on the farm. The animals are very hungry. But where is Farmer Jones?

The cow jangles her bell. ?Moo, moo,? says the cow. ?I am very hungry.? But where is Farmer Jones?

Published 50 years ago, this simple, satisfying story is illustrated in Richard Scarry?s early, more painterly style.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Golden Books (January 13, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375827188
• ISBN-13: 978-0375827181
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #626,790 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Richard Scarry is one of the world's best-loved children's authors EVER!
His books are always filled with fun, and always filled with fun pictures
which children can pour over again and again and again.
His books have sold many millions of copies around the world, and are
currently published in over twenty languages.
Richard Scarry was born in Boston, Massachussetts in 1919. He was
married to Patricia Scarry, also a children's writer. Their son Huck
carries-on Richard Scarry's work today.
Richard Scarry passed away at his home of Gstaad, Switzerland in 1994.
Whenever asked how old he was, he would always put up one hand and
laugh: " Five!" . And he was always right !

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great illustrations, good teaching tool, weak "story", August 4, 2011

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Jennifer Arrow - See all my reviews

This review is from: Richard Scarry's The Animals of Farmer Jones (Big Little Golden Book) (Hardcover)

My 16-month-old son adores this book. We read it over and over again, and he can do a sign or a sound or a word for each of the animals now. The language of the "story" by Leah Gale is incredibly simple and repetitive (which is probably what kids love about it), but the illustrations by an early-career Richard Scarry are wonderful for all ages. My husband is particularly fond of the "beautiful white nay-nay." (Our son calls horses nay-nays because, according to the book: "'Neigh-neigh,' says the horse.") In addition to the featured animals: horse, cow, sheep, chicken, pig, turkey, duck, cat and dog, there is a barn owl in the illustration of the farmyard in the first page and a tiny mouse hides in several other scenes, so your kids can learn those too. I would have never gone out and bought this book new--it was a garage sale find--but it's been a total hit, so it'll definitely stay in our library for a long time!

UPDATE - We just had turnips for the first time. My now 19-month-old thought about this concept of turnips for a while and looked me right in the face and said "Sheep." Why? Because we've read this book a thousand times and Farmer Jones gives turnips to the sheep. To be quite honest, one of the reasons I wanted to cook turnips was because they look so damn pretty in this book. Suffice it to say, this remains and influential volume in our house. :)

4.0 out of 5 stars Farmer Jones, July 20, 2010

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Zilwaukee - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Richard Scarry's The Animals of Farmer Jones (Big Little Golden Book) (Hardcover)

Was as expected, slightly worn. Double the size. Expected the book to be the size of the Little Golden Books, much bigger.

5.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest Children's Book of All Time!, May 7, 2010

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Elizabeth Riemer - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Richard Scarry's The Animals of Farmer Jones (Big Little Golden Book) (Hardcover)

This is the greatest children's book of all time. My mother and father read this to the five of us children - I can't count that high. Now as a reading specialist the literacy value in this book makes it even more valuable. The repetitive text let's the youngest of listeners "read" along with you. We had a larger version as children, but none of my siblings will fess up to having it - for fear I will take it for my classroom! I know it is somewhere in our family as there is no way any of the five of us would ever give it away!