Old MacDonald had a farm, but what did that oink-oink pig and honk-honk goose really do? They had all sorts of escapades, as readers will discover in this collection of silly, rhyming poems about farm life. Charley Hoce taps his twenty-two years as a classroom teacher to write verse that is perfectly pitched to young children's (sometimes corny) sense of humor. And he's deliberately woven in language skills that young children need to practice. "Children love puns, homophones, idioms, and anything that turns convention upside down," says Charley. So a sheep goes on the lam, a cow wears a dress that makes her calves look small, a bull literally teeters in a china shop. Old MacDonald's farm has never been so much fun!
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Charley Hoce lives in West Manchester, Ohio, with his wife, Joanele, and their son, C.J. Although he has never lived on a farm, he has felt sheepish, bullish, chicken, and shocked.
Eugenie Fernandes spent much of her childhood drawing in her father's art studio on Long Island. She has illustrated numerous books for children, includ
More about Charley HoceOlive Senior, originally from Jamaica, is a poet and author. Her short story collection "Summer Lightning" won the 1987 Commonwealth Writers' Prize. She lives in Toronto.
Eugenie Fernandes is an award-winning children's book author and illustrator. She lives in southern Ontario.
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