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Big Red Barn by Felicia Bond, Margaret Wise Brown

chelanna22's review against another edition

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2.0

My 1 year old nephew loves this book! It drives me crazy though. Such odd word choices.

forfoxwit's review against another edition

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lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

5.0

A big favorite at 18 months

anakinfox's review against another edition

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lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Read for NPL's July Story Walk.

daniellesalwaysreading's review against another edition

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2.0

This book is OK if you are looking for an introduction to different farm animals. The rhyming scheme was terrible, the author rhymed words with themselves several different times in the text which seems lazy and was irritating.

emmarj's review against another edition

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5.0

Love!

The full page color illustrations are beautiful and fun. The story is made up of adorable rhymes. My son enjoyed identifying and counting the animals. Since we both enjoyed it, 5 stars.

dvester's review against another edition

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4.0

Cute story with different farm animals. My kids adored the pictures

panda_incognito's review against another edition

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4.0

There's no story, but this is a charming, well-illustrated introduction to farm life and barn animals.

sean67's review against another edition

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3.0

I guess this is exactly what you would expect from a classic barnyard tale.
I mean you are not going to get murdered chooks with a salty detective cow mooing his way through aa he solves the crime.
Well that does sound entertaining, but this was not that, this was standard this is a barn and so forth and so on.

uncle_remus's review against another edition

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  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

klnbennett's review against another edition

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5.0

There is something utterly wonderful in the simplicity of Margaret Wise Brown's farm story. Its by far my favorite of her books and I love the calm and gentle manner in which this book describes an afternoon on the farm. Good rhymes and chances to make animal sounds and count together. This book would be ok for a storytime but is absolutely terrific for reading aloud, one on one. A must for every household.