Farm Animals

Lucy Cousins' Animals

by Lucy Cousins

A sturdy animal board book from the best-selling creator of Maisy—-now with an irresistibly touchable cover.

In this enticingboard book, Maisy creator Lucy Cousins introduces very young children to the variety of the animal world with her eye-catching chunky shapes, bold lines, and crayon-bright colors. This playful new edition of FARM ANIMALS invites little ones to explore with their hands as well as their eyes. Now on the book’s cover there’s a touch-and-feel the woolly body of a sheep.

Genres: Picture Books, Animals

12 pages, Board Book

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Lucy Cousins, BA Honours in Graphic Design from The Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Brighton Polytechnic, postgraduate degree from Royal College of Art, is an author-illustrator of children's books. She is best known for her books featuring Maisy Mouse but she has also published other children's books including one about Noah's Ark. She is a mother of four and lives in Hampshire, England. Her own children are the inspiration for her books whose age range is 2-8.

Reviews

[Amanda Schwind · Rating 1 out of 5]

There was nothing to this book. A simple illustration, and a single word. I at least would have appreciated some more intriguing illustrations as I teach kids the vocabulary associated with each animal.

[Paige Cedergreen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Personal Reaction: For what this book is supposed to be (beginning readers book), it is good. I think it is a solid choice of a book to begin the school year with because the concepts are so concrete.

Read Aloud: I would read this aloud to kindergarteners or Pre-K to begin a unit on animals, specifically farm animals. This book could be paired with an activity using a felt board. The background of the felt board is of a farm and you have several animal felt cutouts (some farm animals, some not) and you can have students volunteer to place an animal that they think is a farm animal on the board. During a reading of this book, I would ask the students what sound each animal makes and have them actually make the sound themselves.

Independent Reading: I would recommend this to kindergarten, the vocabulary is basic and not as important as the illustrations. It really could work for any kindergartener because they all typically like animals at this age.

For Nonfiction: I would use this book to introduce captions. In this book the pictures are the most important part, with the caption being what the animal is. I will tell students this is to help them identify the animal and it also activates their schema about the animal.

[Mackenzie Sipes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Personal Reaction: I thought this book was really cute and provided basic information for students. Since this is a beginning to read book, there isn't much to say other than it does a good job for what it is intended for.

Curriculum: I would use this for a book in preschool during an animal unit. It provides clear ideas and illustrations that would be understand for students.It provides a touch-and-feel feature that children would enjoy while exploring the books. I would put this in a center that was about farm animals that kids could look at during free time or work time.

Independent: I think this is good for children who are beginning to read. The words are super simple and animals are recognizable. This gives the children context clues while reading the book making it easier for them to identify the words.

[jacky · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great farm animal book for the very young. It has a simple, but colorful labeled painting of one or two animals per page spread. Great for learning animal names and sounds. Its simplicity is what makes it great.

[Glennisha]

This book is great for all ages. It is a picture book, that just displays pictures of animals, such as a rooster, sheep, dog, cat, donkey etc. This book is a great addition to any classroom especially the infant room. It gives the children an idea of what animals look like.

[Dave8433 · Rating 4 out of 5]

this book had lots of pictures of different animals from pigs swiiming in mud to sheeps yelling bahhh and tells what the animal does for humans like getting wool from a sheep. i think that is a good book for kids to learn what animals do.

[Emerson and Theodore · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple board book with one farm animal per page with the name of each animal. We already had a few of these but I borrowed this from the library anyway because we are learning animal sounds.

[Ann · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Debbie Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love board books that are simple and yet intriguing enough to capture a small child's imagination.