![]() ![]() The nanny goat has a kid, the grey barn cat has kittens, and the “mad March hare is hurrying in all directions”. ![]() Lots of things are going on in the illustrations, and we can see the animals have their own personalities just as the people do.Įach month more animals are introduced to us in their habitat – geese, rooks, a napping water rat. It is a cold, grey time of year and night falls early.” Simple illustrations show us the sheep, cows, horses, chickens in the barnyard, and outside the fence, the deer foraging for windfall apples or a salt lick. The authors start their story in January, and it’s as if they are talking directly to us, a visitor on their farm. ![]() Now she has a cool mud puddle to sleep in.” Here in August “The pig has tipped over her pail. ![]() What I like best about the story is that it is so low key, so ordinary – and real. The focus is on the animals (feathered and furred) on the farm and among the wildlife, and offers us a little window into the rhythms of nature. The Year at Maple Hill Farm, and Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farmby Alice and Martin Provensen, are charming depictions of events by month in a New England farm. I’d like to share with you a couple of books about seasons in the countryside, written back in the last century before my children were even born. Children’s Books About Seasons in the Countryside The Year at Maple Hill Farm ![]()
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