Debbie Barry

Farmyard Friends Debbie Barry

Cows, pigs, sheep, and other farmyard friends will delight young learners! Parents and caregivers can help young children to learn simple facts about farm animals, learning their names, habits, and the sounds that they make. Children will learn reading as they lose themselves in imagining the lives of farm animals. After learning about several farm animals, children will learn the familiar words of "Old MacDonald," and they are encouraged to think of other animals, and of the sounds the animals make. The illustrations were made in a simple, child-like style by the legally-blind author of the cheerful words. All of the illustrations were made using simple shapes cut from colorful construction paper, with googly eyes, just as young children make similar pictures. The simplicity of the illustrations will appeal to young children.