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What Did You Do Today? Hardcover – April 8, 2002

by Kerry Arquette (Author), Nancy Hayash (Author)

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Today is a busy day on the farm. Pigs are wallowing. Bees are buzzing. Chicks are pecking and peeping. In the middle of it all, one happy child climbs and runs and visits his animal friends. Then there's bathing and brushing and curling up tight--and telling the golden moon, "Good night."
Celebrate the small joys of life in this cozy, lighthearted look at a day in the barnyard. Young children will delight in the activities of their favorite animals before settling down for a good night's sleep.

Reading age

2 - 3 years
Print length

32 pages
Language

English
Dimensions

8.5 x 0.25 x 9.75 inches
Publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers
Publication date

April 8, 2002
ISBN-10

0152014144
ISBN-13

978-0152014148
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From Publishers Weekly

Through a series of "interviews" with 14 farm residents, Arquette (Daddy Promises) and Hayashi (My Two Grandmothers) model a wide range of idiosyncratic responses to that ubiquitous question, "What did you do today?" A fish replies, "I went out swimming with my school. We visited a crystal pool Where water ripples clean and cool. That's what I did today." A pig "found some mucky, muddy ground. I wallowed deep and rolled around. I made my favorite grunting sound." Hayashi's watercolor cartoons capture the bucolic expansiveness of a rural landscape, and she endows the nonhuman characters with comic dashes of personality (a bee, for example, angrily glares at a honey-stealing bear). However, various inconsistencies in the illustrations undermine the book's strengths. In the opening spreads, a boy seems to be set up as the observer/interrogator but he's absent from the middle sequences. Another promising thread an animal appearing as a minor character in one scene generates the action in the scene that follows falls by the wayside for the final pages. Ages 3-7.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

reSchool-On each spread of this lilting read-aloud, a child asks about an animal's activities: "What did you do today, little bee? What did you do today? A brown bear took my honey out. I buzzed and bumbled all about. And then I stung him on the snout. That's what I did today." The bee's annoyed expression and the bear's dismay are convincingly portrayed in the large, uncluttered illustrations. Other creatures that describe their day include a dog, cat, pig, chick, ant, fish, and spider. The repetitive question and response-"What did you do today? That's what I did today"-invites youngsters to join in the recitation. The book concludes with the child's day and bedtime. Hayashi's watercolor-and-pencil illustrations are competent and on occasion sweet and or funny, but are no match for the delightful, rhythmic text. This is unfortunate because a good picture book might have been a great one.
Susan Weitz, Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca, NY
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ HMH Books for Young Readers; First Edition (April 8, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0152014144
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0152014148
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 2 - 3 years
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.25 x 9.75 inches

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Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2012

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This book is about a (non-white) boy who lives in a farm and interacts with his farm animals. The animals don't talk, but they are asked questions such as "what did you today, little pig, what did you do today?" Then the pig responds with a very well written 4 lines of what is typical for a pig to do on the farm. It goes on like that for about 10 animals. Then in the end the very tired boy goes to sleep. I think this book is nice for the 3+ crowd and for anyone who wants to expose their child to what it must be like to live on a working animal farm. (No animals are slaughtered, of course, they are all happy and healthy in the end.)

Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2006

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I have a 2 year old boy. When I recieved the book in the mail I wasn't sure it would hold his attention. This was a surprise win for my young son. His main interests are construction trucks and fire trucks, but there is something captivating about this book. It has a fun rhyme and the pictures have hidden animals (that are the next animal to be introduced on the following page).

The story is about a boy who lives on a farm and what tasks each animal on the farm does throughout the day.

An enjoyable read.

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One of our granddaughter's favorite books

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2012

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Originally I checked this book out from our local library. Our two year old granddaughter loved it so much that I had to find a copy to keep here at our house. The story is delightful and I don't mind reading it over and over.

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Beautifully illustrated; Charming rhyming text

Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2003

My 2 year old daughter loved this book when we read it at a library program a couple of months ago, so we checked it out. She still loves it, so I'm going to buy it for her. The illustrations are realistic and capture the spirit of the text perfectly. I was quite surprised to see the recommended age listed as 4-8, though. This book should be in the Baby-Preschool range (maybe 18 months-4 years). It's too simple and short for any 6-8 year olds. This book is among our favorites and is highly recommended!

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