Genre
Picture books for children
Stories in rhyme
Tone
Noisy
Illustration
Colorful
Subject
Animal sounds
Animals
Farm animals
Farms

Barnyard Banter by Denise Flemming - What a lovely little book! Love the vivid colors and the associated sounds of the animals. Children will love hearing the sounds of the barnyard animals while they look for Goose! My son loved shouting out the animals sounds while looking at the pictures. Fantastic book for toddlers and preschoolers. ( )

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I had to have this book, since at age 2+ my grandson insisted that frogs say "burp" (insert realistic simulated eructation here). However, after a year his language has gained clarity and we're ready to let someone else enjoy this book. It's a great book for babies and toddlers, with a wide variety of farm and countryside animals depicted in large clear collage pictures easy to share with a group. However, the designer's insistence on placing black text on dark backgrounds makes it difficult for grandparents to read in less than brilliant light conditions. ( )

All the barnyard animals are bright and colorful and make loud noises.

a bunch of crazy barn yard animals are acting silly
1 large book

Review:
I liked this book for two reasons. The first reason if the characters. Each animal character in the story has a unique personality, and make a sound unique to that species. The second reason are the illustrations. Like many of her book Denise Fleming, uses simple animal-like shapes to create the setting of a "Barnyard". The overall theme of this book is to inform the young reader about all the noises you would hear at a barn. ( )

45 months- really ideal for the under two year old crowd. Animal names and sounds and bright colors. ( )

Summary: There are many different types of animals in the barnyard, but one is particular, Goose, seems to be hardest to find. The reader can see Goose in the background of each page, but we never see him up close until the very end when it shows he was chasing a butterfly.

Personal Reaction: I loved the colors and the way the pictures of animals related to the sounds they make. The anticipation of finding Goose, I feel, would keep children interested.

Classroom Extension:
1) Each student could have cut outs of different barnyard animals and paste them to a picture of a barn. Lastly, they could hide their Goose like in the story.
2)Children could re-enact each noise the animals made. ( )

A story about a goose as she walks through the barnyard and all the animals that are there.
Source: Pierce College Library
Ages: 3-5

The textured collage pictures alone make it worth picking it up. But it's also a great read-aloud book for the younger crowd. ( )

This book is about the lives of farm animals and their sounds with bouncy text. This would be geat to use teaching children about animals and the sounds they make. ( )

Retelling: Hear all the sounds of the barnyard in this noisy tale about finding goose.

Thoughts and Feelings: A frog says burp? hmmm... I wonder what kind of frog he's referring to, and why he chose not to have it say "ribbit" like so many other frogs in books.

Beautiful book for read aloud to early childhood ages. Great introduction to animals of the farm, their sounds and their habitats. Rhythm, rhyme and flow make it a favorite of little ones. Good author/illustrator study book for older children. ( )

It's a noisy day on the farm, and the goose is hiding. Great for ages k-2. We could make a book, looking for something hidden in the book.

I liked how every page you were seeing goose, and a few pages you don't and it says "and where's goose", and every page has a beat that you kinda start to speak the words in. I liked the art, children might as well.. ( )

NP,GRL G,GL 1.7,AR 2.3,2 copies

NP,GRL G,GL 1.7,AR 2.3,2 copies

Megan 5/23/07