The Sunday Shelf
๐Ÿ„

Farm

Six farm books full of animal sounds and things to join in with.

All of these are just suggestions. Swap in whatever your family already has and likes.

The six

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That TypeDoreen Cronin & Betsy Lewin

Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter and start making demands. Silly in a way adults enjoy too.

Get the book โ†’
Big Red BarnMargaret Wise Brown & Felicia Bond

The farm animals wind down as the day ends. Calm enough to use as a bedtime read.

Get the book โ†’
Rosie's WalkPat Hutchins

A hen walks across the farm while a fox follows her. Good for learning prepositions, over, under, around and past.

Get the book โ†’
What the Ladybug HeardJulia Donaldson & Lydia Monks

A rhyming farmyard story where the quietest animal saves the day. Full of animal sounds to join in.

Get the book โ†’
OtisLoren Long

A little tractor and a calf become friends. A gentle, old-fashioned story.

Get the book โ†’
Barnyard Dance!Sandra Boynton

Farm animals square dancing, in a bouncy rhythm made for reading aloud. A board book.

Get the book โ†’

The rest of the week

ActivityPlay animal-sound hide and seek. One person hides a toy animal and makes its sound as the clue.
SongSing Old MacDonald and let them pick sillier and sillier animals for the farm.
Ask themIf you had a farm, which animal would sleep in your room?

Want the planning done for you?

The Sunday Shelf is a Notion template that keeps track of every book you own and plans next week's shelf. Themes like this one rotate through on their own six-week cycle.

Get the Sunday Shelf template