cover image My First Farm Friends

My First Farm Friends

Betsy Wallin. Storey, $18.95 (20p per book) ISBN 978-1-60342-991-7

Readers are invited to spend a day getting to know the animals that live on a farm in this collection of four board books, packaged in a barn-shaped box, which can be unfolded to create a barnyard scene. Wallin focuses on a different animal in each book (A Day with Cows; A Day with Pigs): “The pigs are excited to start the day. Time for breakfast!” The soothing pen-and-ink and watercolor cartoons and a cheery tone create an idyllic rural environment, while giving children a sense of how the animals—and the humans who care for them—spend each day. Also included are sturdy pop-out animals, for use with the foldout playscape. Up to age 3. (Sept.)