You See, I See: On the Farm

by Michelle Sinclair Colman, Paul Schmid (Illustrator)

Overview

See the farm through the eyes of a child and parent in this heartwarming exploration of a day spent together.

You see a busy farm, I see adventure ahead!

What will you see on the farm? It depends on who you ask! As a parent and child visit the animals, the scarecrow, the farmhouse, and more, each points out what they can see...and their perspectives might surprise you! With spare, rhyming text and a bold, limited palette, this simple board book captures the fun and tenderness of exploring new places together, and the joy of seeing the world through a child's eyes.

Coming soon: the next book in the You See, I See series, You See, I See: In the City

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781524715014
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	07/03/2018
Series:	You See, I See
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	24
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Michelle Sinclair Colman is the author of the Urban Babies Wear Black series, which she was inspired to create after the birth of her first child. Now, after a move from Chicago to New York, Michelle draws her inspiration from her two children. Michelle lives in Connecticut. Follow her on Twitter at @MichelleSColman.

Paul Schmid is an award-winning author and illustrator of picture books for children, including A Pet for Petunia, Oliver and His Alligator, and Hugs from Pearl. In 2010, he was chosen for a monthlong fellowship with Maurice Sendak. Paul lives in Seattle. You can visit him online at paulschmidstudio.com and follow him on Twitter at @PaulSchmidBooks.

Editorial Reviews

2018-12-05

In rhyming verse, explore a farm alongside an enthusiastic toddler.

This tame board book features a toddler and their (extremely youthful) mother admiring scarecrows, playing with ducklings, and spotting various animals and machinery about the farmyard. Books about a day on the farm are an oft-repeated theme for the board-book crew, and there's no new ground broken here. Digitally rendered, the loose-lined humans and animals have a breezy, caricaturelike style, but they aren't imbued with much charm. Stick-figure animals populate the backgrounds, and even animals like baby lambs that should be objectively adorable instead resemble shapeless scribbles. While there are scattered perky pages with contrast and color—a page of bright red apples opposite another of golden honey—a vanilla palette of listless, desaturated colors daubed in patches against stark white pages dominates, making this one bland barnyard. Its narrative has an equally dull sound. Ho-hum rhyming reports what mom and baby spot in an overly singsong rhythm that doesn't flow effortlessly when read aloud: "You see corn in a row / I see a big scarecrow." Mom and toddler both present white.

It's docile and harmless, but there are already better barnyard-themed books available to choose. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews