Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep

My eldest son bought this book from Teri Sloat when she came to his kindergarten classroom, now my son is in 8th. grade and still cherishes this book. As a preschool teacher I have been using this book as a fun and engaging story and as a teaching tool where I work several learning aspects like community workers,weather, feelings, rhyming, observation, and much more. My little children in class are always eager to put their hands on this book and play with my flannel board puppets I made for them to retell the story when they like. AWESOME book - it has to become a classic. : )

From the time we borrowed this book from the library, our son has loved it. The rhythmic nature and rhyme of the lyrics have held his attention and are beautifully done. It is animated without being too cartoonish, colorful, and you can't help but fall in love with the characters (such as Mr. Peale, who owns the finest spinning wheel). Furthermore, it has really reinforced his knowledge of sheep and processing wool, and boosted his enthusiasm for anything agricultural. We renewed the book several times in the fall and winter last year, and he asked for it late in the summer again-(not easily forgotten) the librarian put it on reserve for him as it was checked out. It's time he had his own copy now that the days are cooling off and we're knitting again! He absolutely adores this book :) He said he wants his next sweater to be the same color as one of the sheep's. This book has undoubtedly made an impression on him.

This tale of Farmer Brown has quickly become one of our family favorites. My two year-old loves the rhyming text, and my six year-old enjoys knowing how the wool is made into yarn and eventually into clothing. Also, as a teacher, it is wonderful to have such an educational book with interesting, rhyming text. We are looking forward to new adventures with Farmer Brown!

This book is just wonderful. My 3 year-olds love it. It's silly and entertaining and also educational. If anyone in your family is a knitter, spinner or weaver buy it for them (no matter how old they are). It's a great book for grandparents who knit, etc. to share with little ones.In this time when we are more and more removed from the land this book does a great job of showing children how the sweater came to be on their back. You just can't go wrong with this one.

Not only is our favorite farmer up to many new adventures--this time fighting with sheep shearing, but this book is a great way to introduce young readers to the literary term "onomatopoeia". With the buzzes, clips, and host of animal noises, the term can be easily explained with a favorite character. This book shares what I love about all Teri Sloat's books, they are well written with great imagery and the pictures are excellent!