Hoce, Charles E.
Beyond Old MacDonald funny poems from down on the farm by Charley Hoce ; illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes. - 1st ed. - Honesdale, Pa. : Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, 2005. - 31 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Old MacDonald had a farm, but what did that oink-oink pig and honk-honk goose really do? They had all sorts of escapades, as readers will discover in this collection of silly, rhyming poems about farm life. Charley Hoce taps his twenty-two years as a classroom teacher to write verse that is perfectly pitched to young children's (sometimes corny) sense of humor. And he's deliberately woven in language skills that young children need to practice. "Children love puns, homophones, idioms, and anything that turns convention upside down," says Charley. So a sheep goes on the lam, a cow wears a dress that makes her calves look small, a bull literally teeters in a china shop. Old MacDonald's farm has never been so much fun!
4 - 7 years
1590783123 (alk. paper)
9781590783122
2004010782
Farm life--Juvenile poetry.
Children's poetry, American.
j811.6 Hoc 28
Beyond Old MacDonald funny poems from down on the farm by Charley Hoce ; illustrated by Eugenie Fernandes. - 1st ed. - Honesdale, Pa. : Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press, 2005. - 31 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Old MacDonald had a farm, but what did that oink-oink pig and honk-honk goose really do? They had all sorts of escapades, as readers will discover in this collection of silly, rhyming poems about farm life. Charley Hoce taps his twenty-two years as a classroom teacher to write verse that is perfectly pitched to young children's (sometimes corny) sense of humor. And he's deliberately woven in language skills that young children need to practice. "Children love puns, homophones, idioms, and anything that turns convention upside down," says Charley. So a sheep goes on the lam, a cow wears a dress that makes her calves look small, a bull literally teeters in a china shop. Old MacDonald's farm has never been so much fun!
4 - 7 years
1590783123 (alk. paper)
9781590783122
2004010782
Farm life--Juvenile poetry.
Children's poetry, American.
j811.6 Hoc 28