Fiddle-i-fee: A Farmyard Song for the Very Young

by Melissa Sweet

In this cumulative nursery rhyme and folk song, a parade forms when several farm animals join a boy as he dances around the farmyard feeding the animals.

Genres: Picture Books, Music, Childrens, Poetry

22 pages, Board Book

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

There is more than one author with this name

Melissa Sweet grew up in a suburban neighborhood that had lots of kids, kick-the-can games on summer nights, and Percy's candy store right nearby.

Later she received her Associate’s Degree from Endicott Junior College in Beverly, Massachusetts, and studied art at the Kansas City Art Institute.

Sweet began began illustrating children's books in 1986 and has illustrated more than 60 books. Her work can also be seen in magazines, on posters, children's toys and food packaging.

Sweet’s signature style of whimsical watercolors is often enhanced by collage art when she finds objects and details that are appropriate to the story.

Sweet lives with her husband and step-daughter in a small coastal Maine village near a working harbor. Above her drafting table there’s a quote from the poet Mary Oliver: “To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.”

Sweet says "That’s good, because I often find myself taking walks, gardening, biking, but I’m taking it all in and it somehow shows up in my books.

Reviews

[Bailey Marissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

A rhyming story about the different animals a child would see in a barnyard.

[A. Parker · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.7⭐️

[jacky · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got this at a yard sale over the summer. It is a cute book that repeats in a sing-song way and covers different farm animals. It reminds me of a cross between Brown Bear, Brown Bear and "The Farmer in the Dell."

[Katie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Average art work, and the words simply consisted of the lines of the nursery rhyme. My boys were not very impressed with this one.