A Day on the Farm

With the exception of that initiation period into parenthood when we couldn't manage anything beyond the diaper changes and feedings, I am happy to realize that my husband and I have made reading together with our little boy a household tradition since he was two months old!

A Day on the Farm is a favorite read that started since Wa-wa was in fact, in utero. Our copy is a bona fide vintage Little Golden Book as it belonged to my husband since he was a little boy. This book has been so loved and well-read that the cover is long gone and the title page had to be taped back in place.

Follow Farmer Brown around his farm as he feeds the animals in the morning.

"Cluck, cluck, cluck!" says the old red hen.

This happens to be Wa-wa and Baba's favorite page: The pig likes to have his back scratched with a stick. "Oink, oink," he grunts. He is very pleased.

While Farmer Brown works outside, his family gets ready for a full day ahead too. Sally and Sam go to school while Mrs. Brown bakes a chocolate cake because Aunt Alice and Uncle Tom are coming over to supper. 

The cake is so delicious that Uncle Tom eats three pieces!

After everyone goes home it's time to go to bed. Tomorrow is another busy day.

This book is a gem in our collection for its sentimental value more than anything else. After all, there are lots of farm and country living tales out there to choose from. I do admit, however, to an almost obsessive penchant for Little Golden Books, especially the ones that depict wholesome stories from the days of yesteryear. I would love for my little Wa-wa to enjoy such an idyllic childhood as Sally and Sam, and we try in our own way here in sunny urban paradise (beach, anyone?)

A Day on the Farm

words by Nancy Fielding Hulick

pictures by John P. Miller

© 1960 by Western Publishing Company, Inc.