I Spy on the Farm

by Edward Gibbs, Edward Gibbs (Illustrator)

Overview

Look through each eye-catching spy hole to spot a new farmyard animal!

Down on the farm there are many colorful and noisy animals to spy. Look through the spy hole and use the clues to guess which one is next. Then turn the page to reveal the animal. Watch as young children quickly become engaged in the game — joining in with the animal noises, learning colors, and eventually recognizing the letters.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763685300
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	02/23/2016
Pages:	22
Sales rank:	679,284
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Edward Gibbs is an exciting new talent in children’s books. He is the author-illustrator of I Spy with My Little Eye, which received three starred reviews, and I Spy Under the Sea. He studied illustration at college before becoming a graphic designer. Edward Gibbs lives in London.

Editorial Reviews

Preschoolers everywhere are cheering...Gibbs’ vibrant illustrations...and expressive eyes make this effort all the more fun. A format that engages, entertains and delights—for the third time in a row. Let's hope for more.
—Kirkus Reviews

This large, brightly illustrated picture book introduces farm animals, colors, and letters of the alphabet...Featuring tiny silhouettes of the animals and a question —“What do you spy with your little eyes?”— the final page is a satisfying conclusion.
—Booklist

Gibbs’s expertly rendered digital art combines scribbly, brightly colored animals with more subdued backgrounds in clean cutout shapes...What elevates this book from a well-executed novelty into meta-land is the final spread, on which a hole is cut all the way through the back cover board: 'What can you spy with your little eye?' Whoa—it’s the whole world.
—The Horn Book

From the Publisher

PreS-K—There is nothing that makes this title stand out. Die-cut holes offer hints about which animal appears on the following spread. "I spy…something white that begins with an L. Baaa, baaa!" The digital illustrations appear sketchy and careless, the background of each scene has a generic look, and the whole package has the feel of having been put together with little effort, perhaps capitalizing on the success of Gibbs's I Spy with My Little Eye (Candlewick/Templar, 2011).—Heidi Estrin, Congregation B'nai Israel, Boca Raton, FL

School Library Journal

Gibbs brings a new guessing game (I Spy with My Little Eye, 2011; I Spy Under the Sea, 2012) to the youngest set. Colors, which are an essential part of the original I Spy children's game, are once again the focus of this clever die-cut formula. But this time Gibbs removes the factual clues and gives only animal sounds as hints instead. Farm animals, no less. Preschoolers everywhere are cheering. Each spread begins with the inevitable "I spy with my little eye…" and concludes with a colorful hint about a favorite barnyard friend. However, Gibbs does sneak in some letter recognition and phonemic play as well. The clue for the first animal reads: "something yellow that begins with a D." It is likely that the watery pond background and the speech bubble loudly proclaiming, "Quack, quack!" will be all the clues a youngster needs, but reinforcing the d sound adds a welcome level of early childhood learning. Gibbs' vibrant illustrations (the fiery rooster is particularly bold) and expressive eyes make this effort all the more fun. A format that engages, entertains and delights--for the third time in a row. Let's hope for more. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews