Sunday, September 6, 2009
Old MacDonald Drives a Tractor
So this book is a spin off the original, the classic Old MacDonald. This book is just about farmer MacDonald and what he uses his tractor for on the farm. I am not such a fan of this version though. I mean what kid needs to know what a plow, cultivator, seed drill, etc. are? I feel like this book is too specific to an audience of little boys either growing up on a farm or one that is completely interested in a farm. I grew up on a farm and know this stuff only because my little brother went through his "I want to be a farmer" stage. Other than that I have no reason to believe that any child, especially a girl, would need to know (or have the desire to know) the types of machinery that a tractor pulls. Needless to say, the original version covers a broader range of children all of whom need to know their animals while fitting it into a cute, rhyming song.
The illustrations of the book look like clay models which is really cool. But other than that nothing more out of the ordinary. I maybe would have enjoyed this book a bit more if the words would fit to the tune of the real Old MacDonald.
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