Kate Riggs

On the Farm contains the following farm animals: cows, chickens, ducks, horses, sheep, and pigs. Overall, I liked it. A parent can read the text, make animal sounds, or have a child interact with the sounds once they learn it. It would be an excellent book to learn about baby animals or reinforce animal sounds. I also like the locations on each page. It's a little extra information to increase vocabulary. Finally, the images are beautiful and, most importantly, realistic.

Recommended age: 0-2 years

Writing style: Each page has the same format. A baby animal makes a sound at the adult animal while performing some action where it lives. For example, "Duckling quacks at ducks swimming in the pond."

Lexile score: 310L
Decoding difficulty: 4/5
Vocabulary difficulty: 4/5
Sentences difficulty: 3/5
Patterns difficulty: 3/5

Illustration style: Detailed, realistic animal illustrations.

Reality-based: Yes. This book is all about animals, the names of their babies, and the sounds they make.… (more)