Reviews for Once upon MacDonald's farm

The average rating for Once upon MacDonald's farm based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-08-05 00:00:00 Daniel Salazar Once Upon MacDonald's Farm by Stephen Gammell is a very funny twist on the popular song "Old MacDonald Had a Farm." "While it is true that MacDonald had a farm... it wasn't much of a farm, and he had no animals. None at all." ... "So, he bought an elephant. He also bought a baboon and a lion. Hijinks ensue. This is a laugh-out-loud funny satire on a beloved children's song. The text plays straight man to the humor of the illustrations. At the end is the familiar Ei-ei-oh. The illustrations were rendered in pencil. The black and white format matches the surreal story, with the humorous payoff coming from the irritated animals, particularly the lion and the hen. It's a read aloud I always enjoy. This is in my Hall of Fame of funny and weird picturebooks. If you need a laugh, give this a read. This reminds me of the satire in The Happy Hocky Family. For ages 5 and up, farms, animals, humor, repetitive text, read-aloud, and fans of Stephen Gammell.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-09-20 00:00:00 Paul Mann "Once Upon MacDonald's Farm…", is a traditional tale, but with a twist. The book tells about an alternate story of Old MacDonald's Farm, but this time his farm didn't start off as a farm, it wasn't as joyful and not as colorful as the one in the other stories. Old MacDonald didn't have animals, so he bought some but they weren't farm animals, later on these animals left him. Poor man was left with a lonely farm, so his neighbor took pity on him and gave him some farm animals, who actually produce milk, eggs, and helped him plow. Story is very interesting as children who read this will think funny, yet sad story that makes the children rethink about how the farmer began with nothing.