Old MacDonald Drives a Tractor

by Don Carter

Old Mac's tractor isn't just for getting around the farm. It also pulls a seeder, follows a combine, and even helps him get his animals to the country fair. Along with the bouncy, rhyming text, Don Carter's vivid dimensional art showcases each piece of equipment and includes all of kids' favorite farm animals, providing an irresistible new spin on the beloved song.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Storytime

24 pages, Hardcover

First published May 29, 2007

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Reviews

[Shannon · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book would be so much better if the words actually fit with the original song.

[Ernest Fleming · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love it because it is different!!

[Karina · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was surprisingly funny! We tried to kind of singing it to the tune of Old MacDonald Has a Farm. It doesn’t quite fit.

[IRIFF · Rating 3 out of 5]

Old MacDonald does more than just tend to animals on his farm. There are crops to grow and work to be done. In this badly metered, not so rhythmic, nursery doesn't-actually-rhyme story, we spend some time with Old Mac and his tractor doing various chores on the farm. The pictures are fun and if you get tired of talking about the tractor side of things, you can flip through and actually sing the nursery rhyme with each animal on the page. It's great for interactive reading and perfect for my son's current obsession with things the go.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

My five-year-old son picked this book out from the library this week.

When I started reading this book, my son added EIEIO in the right places -- that kind of made it work. And as I was reading it, he came around to sit next to me to see all the illustrations. He laughed right out loud at the one with Old Mac in his underwear.

This book could have been better, but even as it is, it was still a very fun read.

[Kelly · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to like this more than I did. I really wanted this to be a singable book... but it isn't. Even with adjustment (adding EIEIOs and stretching syllables), the rhyme just don't match. I do appreciate the book's ability to show the hard work of small farmers and everyone loves tractors (or at least all of my preschoolers), but I wanted more.

[Sandybear76]

loved it! I think the preschoolers will like this one when they do their farm unit. The farmer uses his tractor for many chores around the farm - plowing, combining, cultivating, and harvesting. Each layout has a sound that goes with each tractor chore.

[Tricia · Rating 3 out of 5]

to tune of old macdonald, story rhymes and shows all types of farm equipment.

[Shyam Rahim · Rating 5 out of 5]

My little brother loves trucks and singing. This made him really happy.

[Caryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very creative version of old mcdonald!

I showed it to 1 1/2 year olds and up and they just loved the pictures! I liked the phrase about "old macdonald's hair!"

Very cute!

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

some of the rhymes are a little forced for reading out loud... love the illustrations!

[Leah · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great updated version of Old MacDonald. Lots of new vocabulary and jokes about underwear and manure to appeal to older preschoolers.

[Vivian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Children LOVE this variation on the familiar song.

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alice loved the illustrations in this book. She wanted to look at the pages over an over again. The story/song portion was decent, not great, but the artworks was really good.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

humorous variant of Old MacDonald Had a Farm.

[Alisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

For everyone little boy that loves tractors, machines and singing.