Jane Yolen's Old MacDonald - Hardcover

Jane Yolen has received numerous awards for her writing, including the Golden Kite Award, two Christopher Medals, and both the Kerlan Award from the University of Minnesota and the Regina Medal for her body of work. In 2011 she was named Grand Master by the Science Fiction Poetry Association. She lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts, and St. Andrews, Scotland.

PreSchool-Grade 3-An unusual, delightful compilation of barnyard-related folk songs. Beginning with "Old MacDonald Had a Farm," Yolen includes ditties that she heard as a child either from her parents, at school, or at camp. Many of them will be familiar to youngsters, such as "The Cat Came Back" and "Go Tell Aunt Rhody." Those that aren't as familiar will be fun to learn. Each selection is introduced with a brief source note. The simple musical scores are good-sized and well spaced on the page; guitar chords are included. Hoffman's attractive colored-ink illustrations handsomely depict stylized animals and people. Narrow geometric borders decorate the top and bottom of each page. There are many books of children's folk songs available, but this may be the only one that features solely farm animals. It makes a nice companion volume to this talented team's Jane Yolen's Mother Goose Songbook (Boyds Mills, 1992). Hiawyn Oram's A Creepy Crawly Song Book (Farrar, 1993) is another attractive presentation, but includes only songs about insects.
Beth Irish, Orange Public Library, CA
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