Old MacDino Had a Farm

by Becky Davies

Overview

Old MacDino had a farm, E-I-E-I-O! And on this farm he had a...Stegosaurus! Old MacDino's farm is full of DINOSAURS!. The cows, pigs, horses, & other animals are joined by Diplodocus, a Triceratops, a Velociraptor, & more. With a Stomp! Stomp! here, & a Crash! Smash! there, they're causing chaos EVERYWHERE! Ages 3-7

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781680105285
Publisher:	Tiger Tales
Publication date:	09/01/2017
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	225,689
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	2 - 4 Years

Editorial Reviews

2017-07-17
Outsized new livestock drive the familiar farmyard sing-along residents into a tizzy.Entirely a one-trick pony, this umpteenth "Old MacDonald" spinoff wedges dinosaurs into the barnyard and lyric with little visible effort to make them fit: "Old MacDino had a farm, E-I-E-I-O! / And on this farm he had a… / DIPLODOCUS! / (dih-PLOD-uh-kus) / E-I-E-I-O!" (or, at the end of the verse, "E-I-E-I-Argh!"). In the cartoon illustration, overalls-clad MacDino—white, wide-eyed, and open-mouthed—stands and rather superfluously points at a huge green dino that is chowing down on a pile of hay as cattle and poultry hang around watching. Likewise, a pterodactyl (TARE-uh-DACK-tul) zooms in with a "Swoosh! Swoosh! here, / and a Swoosh! Swoosh! there," a stegosaurus stomps along and (literally) upsets the apple cart, and a smiling velociraptor charges a herd of smiling sheep as the (smiling) sheepdog heads in the opposite direction. Finally a purple T. Rex comes charging out of the gray (or pink or blue, depending on the picture) barn with a "Roar! Roar!" and prompts everyone to "E-I-E-I-RUN!" The dinosaurs may make this a minor storytime hit, but more and juicier twists on the song abound. E-I-E-I-Bleh. (Picture book. 5-7)

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