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A review by tashrow
Jo MacDonald Had a Garden by Laura J. Bryant, Mary Quattlebaum
4.0
Celebrate gardening with this cheery picture book that features Old MacDonald’s granddaughter, Jo MacDonald. The verses here are set to the same music as the original, except this time it’s all about planting a garden rather than the animals on a farm. In the garden there is some sun, some soil, a worm, seeds, water, animals, plants, and then food! Watching the illustrations, children will see the garden take shape and then watch the plants grow until they are ready to be harvested.
Quattlebaum has cleverly written verses that can be acted out by preschoolers as the book is shared. At times, the children in the illustrations show the movements that could be done, and at other times they would be easily figured out by a savvy teacher or librarian. I can see lots of children this spring enjoying planting imaginary gardens all together.
Bryant’s illustrations have a wonderful sense of detail to them. Each page has animals to glimpse in the garden, including a cardinal and a butterfly that are on almost every page. This is a book that children will enjoy looking at and exploring.
Get your voice warmed up and be ready to wiggle like a worm with this new version of Old MacDonald! Appropriate for ages 2-4.
Quattlebaum has cleverly written verses that can be acted out by preschoolers as the book is shared. At times, the children in the illustrations show the movements that could be done, and at other times they would be easily figured out by a savvy teacher or librarian. I can see lots of children this spring enjoying planting imaginary gardens all together.
Bryant’s illustrations have a wonderful sense of detail to them. Each page has animals to glimpse in the garden, including a cardinal and a butterfly that are on almost every page. This is a book that children will enjoy looking at and exploring.
Get your voice warmed up and be ready to wiggle like a worm with this new version of Old MacDonald! Appropriate for ages 2-4.