Helen Plum Library

When Farmer Gray goes away for the day, Blue Goose, Red Hen, Yellow Chick, and White Duck get together and paint their black and white farm

Caldecott Honor winner David Shannon applies his wonderful off-beat humor to the story of a duck who decides to try riding a bike--and loves it! One day down on the farm, Duck got a wild idea. "I bet I could ride a bike," he thought. He waddled over to where the boy parked his bike, climbed on and began to ride. At first he rode slowly and he wobbled a lot, but it was fun! Duck rode past Cow and waved to her. "Hello, Cow!" said Duck. "Moo," said Cow....

An enterprising chicken attempts to help an artist paint the barnyard and accidentally turns the whole picture blue

Henny Penny was hit on the head by an acorn, and thought that the sky was falling. She decided that she must go and tell and one by one she gathered all the animals together. They set off to see the King, but soon they meet up with the fox

As a newly-hatched bird is blown around the farmyard by a strong wind, he keeps learning passwords that will allow him to enter different animal's homes, but is blown away again before he has the chance to go in. No matter where Little Bird goes, everyone wants to know the magic word. Is it "Peep-peep?" "Moo-moo?" "Oink-oink?" How will Little Bird ever find out? Not until Little Bird returns home does he hear the magic word from his very own Mama...

Hold a light to the see-through pages to discover what's beneath; learn about the inner workings of a farm and the animals and plants that live there. Shine a light behind the pages and explore life on the farm, from feeding the animals to harvesting the crops, and much more!

En Rebelión en la Granja, George Orwell parodió el modelo del socialismo soviético. Los personajes son animales de una granja que se rebelan contra sus dueños, los hombres, aunque luego crean una estructura social peor que la de sus antiguos dueños; Lenin, Stalin, Trotsky y otras figuras de la escena política son representados por dichos animales. Con un lenguaje fácil y accesible, lleno de humor, el libro fue un éxito de ventas en la época...

Although McGillicuddy the kangaroo cannot produce wool or milk or lay eggs, the other animals learn that kangaroos can bring special skills to the farm

While a farm family bustles about, preparing for the arrival of Christmas, they do not notice the great anticipation spreading among the animals, who know that something very special is on its way

Gruntly is a real hog, and the other animals are tired of his greediness, but when he gets mixed up on a treasure hunt and is the last to reach the prize, Gruntly begins to realize the value of kindness and sharing