The Year At Maple Hill Farm [Paperback]

Alice Provensen (Author), Martin Provensen (Author)

Book Description

This is a book about farm animals, and what happens during one year on a farm.

In January, the cows stay in the barnyard, and the chickens don't lay many eggs. By March, you can tell spring is coming: the barn is filled with baby animals. Month by month, the animals at Maple Hill Farm sense the changing seasons and respond to the changes.

Through gently humorous text and charming illustrations, Alice and Martin Provensen capture one year at their beloved Maple Hill Farm in a way sure to delight city slickers and country folk alike.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Alice Provensen collaborated with her late husband, Martin, on numerous highly acclaimed picture books, including the Caldecott Medal-winning The Glorious Flight and Nancy Willard's Newbery Medal-winning A Visit to William Blake's Inn, which was also a Caldecott Honor Book. The Provensens have been on the New York Times list of the Ten Best Illustrated Books eight times. Alice lives in Staatsburg, New York, on Maple Hill Farm.

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Aladdin (December 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689845006
• ISBN-13: 978-0689845000
• Product Dimensions: 12.4 x 9.2 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,684 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #7 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Animals > Farm Animals > Nonfiction
  • #45 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > People & Places > Where We Live > Farm Life
  • #47 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Animals > Farm Animals > Fiction

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding in every way, June 3, 2002

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Catherine S. Vodrey (East Liverpool, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Year At Maple Hill Farm (Paperback)

This has been a favorite book of ours for years and years and years. "The Year at Maple Hill Farm" is written and illustrated by Alice and Martin Provenson. It documents, from January through December, the hard tasks and simple pleasures inherent in life on a farm--everything from bird migrations to the foaling of the horses to lazy summer days spent doing nothing more important swatting flies.

Humans and animals co-exist peacefully here. The illustrations are simple and gently colored, with subtle detail sprinkled throughout. The animals are given a great deal of personality (see especially the cats, who are wonderfully quirky) and the story itself, while utterly basic and free of frills, has an undertow of narrative propulsion that makes each page seem a natural outgrowth of the previous page.

I can't recommend the book highly enough. If you live in the country, you will recognize so much of what is here. If you live in the city, you will welcome the peaceful rhythms of this charming book.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good book, June 16, 2007

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Natalie Palmer "nat74" (Wenatchee, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Year At Maple Hill Farm (Paperback)

We got this book as a companion to 'Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm'. I have to say, I love 'Our Animal Friends' best, but this is also a great book. I like it as a companion to Our Animal Friends. The book goes through the months of the year, and what happens with the animals in each month. Humorous and interresting for our 3 and 7 year olds.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a must have for every child, September 21, 2006

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LindaCrev "Linda" (Chicagoish) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Year At Maple Hill Farm (Paperback)

I just bought this book for a gift, and seeing it on Amazon's website makes me want to go find it on my daughter's bookshelf, and read it myself. And I'm 43!

What a sweet, beautiful, educational, pleasure of a book. It's a great size with gorgeous illustrations. The text is fun to read and fun for a child to listen to, and the whole book is non-fiction and very educational. The perfect combination of a book. I just love it and love to give it! It just bounces and is very engaging. You'll want to read it every season for years.

Enjoy!