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Barnyard Song by Rhonda Gowler Greene

When a bad case of flu strikes the farm, the familiar chorus of the barnyard is interrupted. Suddenly, there's "No buzz. No mew. No cock-a-doodle-doo." The farmer saves the day when he cooks up kettles of savory soup and feeds it to each of the animals. Robert Bender's artwork blends bright and shaded colors with thick, dark outlines to create the colorful barnyard chorus of animals. Children will love identifying each animal and practicing all the sounds the animals make.

Cover illustration © copyright 1997 by Robert Bender from BARNYARD SONG by Rhonda Growler Greene. Used with permission of Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing. http://www.simonsays.com/subs/ book.cfm?isbn=0689840543&areaid=183

Author and Illustrator

• Rhonda Gowler Greene
Rhonda Gowler Greene lives in Michigan, and she is the author of several other books for children.

• Robert Bender, Illustrator
Robert Bender graduated with honors from Syracuse University where he studied illustration.

Activities to Sing and Move With

• Barnyard Activities Ages 0-3

• Barnyard Songs

• Barnyard Fingerplays

Activities to Cut Out and Color

• Wide Variety of Simple Arts and Crafts Projects for Preschoolers and Young Children - Large Craft Projects | Games You Can Make and Play | Puppets | Animals to Make and Color | Additional Activities

• Barnyard Crafts (Supply Intensive)

More Barnyard Activities

• Readers' Theater with Animal Masks for Preschoolers
Children become the characters and join in the reading of Barnyard Song and other animal tales with animal masks.

• Health-Related Activities
Preschoolers explore good health practices with these activities.

• Barnyard Song Game
Play this Barnyard Song game with your pre-schoolers.

• Barnyard Song Teaching Ideas

2004 Programming Success Stories

• Branch District Library Shares a Success Story
A one-day old goat models before a copy of Barnyard Song Branch District Library took this photo of a one-day old goat helping to promote Barnyard Song in the library's "Kid's Place" which was decorated like a barnyard. The goat was actually one of a trio of goats, owned by a staff member, who graced the Kid's Place for several special story times in 2004.


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