Old MacDonald had a Tractor

Author: Nicola Baxter

Illustrator: Caroline Davis

For Ages: 5 and above

No. of Pages: 32

Publisher: Bright Sparks, UK

Year: 2000

ISBN: 978-1-84250-0840-2

Now, here’s Old MacDonald’s farm complete with dogs, ducks, hens, cats and all. Except the stories are all new.

The author has woven stories around the very familiar Old MacDonald with a wry sense of humor.

This book features three stories:

1. Tractor Trouble: It’s just another happy day at the farm except the tractor refuses to start. Old MacDonald decides to investigate and is in for a warm, snuggly surprise.
2. So many colours: Old MacDonald decides to embark on a long overdue paint job. However, a series of accidents with Jenny the hen and Annabel the cow result in a far better job than he had originally planned.
3. Good Teamwork: It’s been raining for days and days and Old MacDonald’s tractor gets stuck in mud. He enlists the help of every animal on the farm starting with the horses, then the cows, the sheep, the dogs and cats until the addition of an unlikely member, helps roll the tractor out of the mud.

Also don’t miss the famed Old MacDonald song with a verse on the tractor:

With a brum, brum here 

And a brum, brum there.

:-)

Excerpt

What a pity that Annabel the cow chose just that moment to come racing over to see what was happening, She did see Old MacDonald – but she didn’t see the pot of paint. 

Clang! It went flying up into the air. 

Clunk! It landed all over Percy the pig’s head.