Joan Elizabeth Goodman

ISBN 0307020061 - Reading through several shelves full of Little Golden Books is a great stroll down memory lane. From the classics to the lesser-known stuff, Golden Books is one set of books that gets it right almost every time.

Farmer Right lives on a very orderly farm. He gently chastises his cat for getting milk on the floor and the duck for splashing. He cleans everything all the time, forcing order on his farm. That makes him very happy, but his animals don't feel the same way. They show more stage a revolt, throwing all Farmer Right's order away and driving him crazy - until he finally breaks down, laughing, and admits order isn't everything.

Kids will crack up at the meow-ing cow, quack-ing cat and baa-ing chick. Author/illustrator Joan Elizabeth Goodman did a great job of writing a fun, silly book that kids will want to read over and over. The illustrations are nice enough and several are just laugh-out-loud funny, especially the ones of Farmer Right cleaning the farm. If your hope is to turn your child into a reader, turn him or her onto Right's Animal Farm; a book that makes them laugh will keep them reading and this one will definitely do that.

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I ordered this book while taking a children's literature class for my masters degree. I greatly enjoyed the story. As a medievalist I am always on the look out for good and historically accurate books to suggest to my sons and students. This is one I could not put down and I will thus be highly recommending to all.

This was one of my favorite books as a child! Of course it was mostly because it had my name which, at the time, wasn't very common. I remember how special it made me feel & made me excited for my first day of school.

This book is very informational. It discusses in depth the segregation of California ten years before the Brown vs. Board of Eduction. I would not recommend this for very young grades because of the vocabulary regarding the court and the law. It could be altered and some aspects of the book could be used, because it is a great book with a wonderful meaning.