Best farm animals books for children according to redditors

Yeah, crating chickens who have inconveniently gone broody is a thing...but holding an ice pack on it or spraying it with a hose just seems mean.

And also her story makes NO sense!

...you should send her back that donkey book (anonymously, of course) and see what she reads into it!

Everything I know about Bullfighting came from one book.

I read it to my son so that he too will completely miss the point of bull fighting, and then be horrified when he finally understands this book.

Lol I found a link for amazon in Canada and it's $1432.05

It’s on amazon right now for like 5 bucks and some change. Free shipping too.

https://www.amazon.com/Wonky-Donkey-Craig-Smith/dp/0545261244

I bought my wife a piece of original Alice Provensen children's book art, just cause I wanted. That felt pretty damn worldly of me.

http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Friends-Maple-Hill-Farm/dp/0689844999

There's a [book](http://www.GOA.com/ Kids - Goats of Anarchy: Polly and Her Duck Costume: + The true story of a little blind rescue goat https://www.amazon.com/dp/163322418X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_RAIHAbXC9QTB6) about it. My kids love it. It started as a Halloween costume, but the goat was much calmer with it on.

/u/ladybrowncoat because she is one of the sweetest people around and she really cares about everyone around her. I really appreciate our friendship. We are similar in many ways (just that she is a lot cuter) and I like that she understands me. I enjoy our daily conversations about nothing and everything, and she is always there for me when I need her, just as I am there for her if she needs me. <3 #teamquiet #evilplancrew

Mascara for 5.51, it's a addon item though. If you won't do addon maybe this book for 2.25?

Here you go.

Not the sauce you wanted

Always check out your local library for these recommendations first. These are mostly the books I liked enough to buy after reading.

Parenting books that I've liked best:

Adele Faber's "How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk". This book has exercises to try and breaks things down by different ages so you can refer to it whether you're having trouble with toddlers or teenagers. I also have her companion book Siblings Without Rivalry.

Kim John Payne's Simplicity Parenting. This book emphasizes the importance of developing routines, helps emphasize that you DON'T need to get tons of toys or extra activities for your kids, and helps you organize your life even if your life is a little crazified by frequent job traveling or divorced parenting or stuff like that.

I... can't remember my other favorite book. Might've been a book for baby ages.

Now, for read-alouds. There are lots of nursery rhyme books, my personal favorite is Sylvia Long's Mother Goose, but my kids are really fond of Iona Opie and Rosemary Wells' Mother Goose. Either way, I recommend the ones that have only one nursery rhyme per page. The classic collections by Blanche Fisher Wright tend to have six or eight crammed on to each page and their illustrations don't hold my kids' attention as well. With one rhyme per page, as they get older they can remember what each page's rhyme is and can "read" it to themselves.

Alice Shertle's Little Blue Truck book is probably the #1 most favorite board book in the 1-2 year old range. Seriously. If you get only one read-aloud book, this is it. Other than that, hit up the board books at your library. I've found a ton that I like and a bunch that get recommended (like Sandra Boynton's books) that don't personally appeal to me. I love Leslie Patricelli's books, but I bet she drives other parents crazy to read.

Touch & Feel Farm

Corporations like Chick Fil A would like you to believe that it's better when cows and chickens work against each other's interests. Divide and conquer. But all it takes in many cases is one true Morty to rub raw the sores of discontent and get groups to come together and fight their oppressors.

Probably would still be docile animals if the duck hadn't (spoilers) convinced them to give up their only line of communication with the political class.

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." - John F. Kennedy

https://www.amazon.com/Wonky-Donkey-Craig-Smith/dp/0545261244

$15.89

https://www.amazon.com/Wonky-Donkey-Craig-Smith/dp/0545261244

> Happy to eat it, but doesn't want to grow it.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Little-Red-Golden-Book/dp/0307960307

Soooo that is why my mom always read us that book?

How can he say that that when there’s clear documented evidence to the contrary?

https://www.amazon.com/Click-Clack-Cows-That-Type/dp/0689832133/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?adgrpid=57148974158&gclid=EAIaIQobChMItq6owoiJ5gIVkIvICh0JGQuYEAAYASAAEgI_Q_D_BwE&hvadid=274758505402&hvdev=m&hvlocphy=9002048&hvnetw=g&hvpos=1t1&hvqmt=e&hvrand=3462530420907792209&hvtargid=kwd-300977927481&hydadcr=16280_10308709&keywords=cows+that+type&qid=1574812178&sr=8-1

>I am mildly concerned they will break through the fence between our pastures to recruit our cattle into their gang. Currently they just loudly moo at each other but I don’t speak cattle and I don’t know what they are planning.

Be careful you don't let your cows have access to a typewriter or else they'll start making demands. https://www.amazon.com/Click-Clack-Moo-Cows-That/dp/1481465406/

There's a children's book about this goat, Polly, and her duck costume.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/163322418X/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_f5QAzbZYX8DSD

[For my son] (http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/044845694X/ref=aw_wl_ov_dp__5?colid=2IZUGVBDEOF6U&coliid=I2ACNZ4XIZHAM1) Easy as pie!

A harmonica for a two year old? She wouldn't know what to do with it. How about a couple of nice books instead? Little Blue Truck and Giraffes Can't Dance are both superb.

Or, like /u/genome_rants suggests, a nice xylophone.

I just picked this one up for my kid: Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (Hardcover)

Some that haven’t been mentioned here yet:

Monster Park

Any of the “How do Dinosaurs...” books.

Goodnight Goon

1-2-3 Peas and the other books in this series.

Little Blue Truck and other books in this series. I think we have 4? My kids love them!

My daughter loves books and I really like some of the Sandra Boyton books. We got this vinyl one, "Barnyard Bath", for bathtime- it's silly, short, and gets the kids involved in cleaning the animals and then themselves.

Dear Zoo is a classic lift-the-flap with pretty sturdy flaps. Goodnight Gorilla is also an old school book with a simple story told mostly through the pictures.

I'm loving all the suggestions!

I WILL NOW TAG YOU CLICK CLACK MOO.

Here's a few that my almost 4 year old girl loves these days:

Sector 7 - Kind of like a beginners sci-fi picture book

Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present - A simple little tale, beautifully told about a girl and a rabbit (Maurice Sendak illustrated)

Paddle to the Sea - Little boy carves a canoe and sends it off to the sea. This book follows its journey along the Great Lakes to the sea. Also a great NFB short film.

When Louis Armstrong taught me Scat - Cute story for music lovers.

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble - A young donkey finds a stone that grants wishes.

Click clack moo - Cows find a typewriter and start making demands on the farmer. Kind of an introduction to collective bargaining.

I hate being sick as a dog, especially in the summer. Best wishes!

For my babydude.

I'm not a regular contributor, but I felt like making a top-10 list of my favorite books so far. (My son will be turning 3 soon.)

The rules mention links to facebook or blogs; I'm hoping non-referral links to Amazon are okay. I'll link board books where possible, because pages get ripped and torn until at least two-and-a-half years of age.

• Little Blue Truck: Most parents probably already know this one. Great book for when children are starting to speak - you can point to each of the animals and ask what it "says."
  
• Jamberry: Beautiful illustrations, and it can be read as a song. I'm pretty sure two verses were switched - I think it should be "Three berry four berry, my berry your berry, hayberry strawberry, finger and pawberry." Bugs me a little bit.
  
• Chugga Chugga Choo Choo: Another singable book with rhymes and good illustrations, and a good means of prompting child participation - they can fill in the "whoo whooo!" part.
  
• Planting a Rainbow: Great eye-grabbing book for learning colors. Can also be read with a rhythm, though it isn't as singable as the others.
  
• Little Owl's Night: Great book for pre-empting any fears of the dark. "Owls wake up at night time, and sleep when the sun is up." Surely if this little owl is chilling at night with his fox and turtle buddies, that means nighttime is nothing to be afraid of.
  
• The Little Dump Truck: Has a good rhythm and good illustrations. Helps give your kid, who loves dump trucks but doesn't know why, an idea of what dump trucks actually do.
  
• Twenty Big Trucks in the Middle of the Street: Fantastic counting book, and has a good rhythm as well. Highly recommend for getting your kid to count past ten.
  
• Potty: A godsend for potty training. Start reading it a couple months before you introduce the potty, and read it often. We potty-trained our son at about 34 months with a combination of this book and Season 2, Episode 1 of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. He used a little plastic thing for about two weeks before we moved him up to the integrated seat, which is great because it can just be wiped down after use.
  
• Julia's House for Lost Creatures: Beautifully illustrated, and a great introduction to cleaning up after yourself. "What do good boys do if they make a little mess?" "Um, clean up!" The text doesn't flow well in some parts - I get the impression that this was intended for comic-book reading children - but it isn't overly wordy and has more than enough art to compensate.
  
• Why is the Grass Green? First Questions and Answers about Nature: If anyone knows about a more recent version of this, I'd be very interested. We found this one in a library's outdoor "take one, leave one" box. Some of it is still too advanced for our little one to wrap his head around, but the way this book distills concepts into concise explanations with simple wording is amazing. Highly recommended for any child that asks a lot of "why" questions.

Artist Credit: Cori Doerrfeld

Book this illustration is from: Esther the Wonder Pig

Oh, I <3 looking for books for my kids!! They are 14, 13, 12, 11, and 5. Our son is the youngest, and he loves all the books that his older sisters loved when they were younger. :D

Oh my gosh...Get those kids some books!

• This is my favorite children's book.
  
  
• The Story of Ferdinand.
  
  
• This is one of my son's favorites...IronMan!.
  
  
• The Day My Mommy Quit.
  
  
• Dragons Love Tacos.
  
  
• If You Give A Mouse A Cookie.
  
  
• I'd Know You Anywhere, My Love.
  
  
• The Day The Crayons Quit.
  
  
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.
  
  
• Boom Chicka Rock.
  
  
• Jake and the Never Land Pirates: Mama Hook Knows Best: A Pirate Parent's Favorite Fables with CD.
  
  
• Are You My Mother?.
  
  
• Love You Forever.
  
  
• I Love You, Stinky Face.
  
  
• The Runaway Bunny.
  
  
• Oh, The Places You'll Go. Cool idea I saw on Pinterest with this book: Buy a copy and have each of your kids' teachers write a little note somewhere in it at the end of every year. Give the book to your kid as a graduation gift. I am doing this with our son now, I saw the idea too late to start it for our girls.
  
  
• Ten Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed.
  
  
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
  
  
• The Velveteen Rabbit. -- A HUGE FAVORITE!!
  
  
• Locomotive.
  
  
• Sleep Like A Tiger.
  
  
• The Lion And The Mouse.
  
  
• Blueberries for Sal.
  
  
• David Gets In Trouble.
  
  
• Press Here. This is a very fun book!
  
  
• The One and Only Ivan.
  
  
• The Polar Express.
  
  
• Flotsam.
  
  
• Only One You.
  
  
• Beautiful Oops!.
  
  I would love this book for our oldest daughter if I win, please.
  
  /u/DrUsual...can you think of any?
  
  Thank you for the contest!

I had so many fairy-tale, fantasy-lore, mythology type books when I was young! I loved those kind of stories, vastly preferable to the pop-culture character books... The Tomten is still a favorite, of both me and my kids :)

Little Blue Truck has been a favorite in our house for years - enough so that it's my go-to baby shower and toddler birthday present. Excellent rhythm, animal noises, and a sweet message about friendship.

One Duck Stuck - Really great noises and again a nice message about helping.

(We do read books that aren't about being stuck in the mud...)

I Love You, Stinky Face - great title of course, and an awesome imaginative, loving conversation between mom and child. I often suggest reading this if we've had a hard day.

And a sweeping endorsement for Dahlov Ipcar - though her board books tend to be collections of "greatest hits" of illustrations from her many (somewhat lengthy) story books. Still good!

There's quite a few, actually. I'm personally acquainted with Winnie Ille Pu and Ferdinandus Taurus. You've got hope that they like the stories, I suppose, and there certainly aren't as many as there are in English, but there's plenty.

Actually, here's Amazon's "childrens' books translated into Latin" section. Lots of Dr. Seuss available.

Ferdinand!

Reading to the baby helps promote:

• bonding time
  
• vocabulary
  
• understanding rhythm and rhyme
  
• an understanding that reading and books are a fun hobby
  
• the ability to sit and listen
  
  I have an 11-month-old. Before he was born I went to a class at my library called Every Child Ready to Read. It sounds like one of those "your baby can read" type things, but it wasn't - it was just about how introducing books, words and a habit of reading from an early age helps so much.
  
  At first when my son was a small lump, it felt silly to read to him, but it does give you something to say (an interesting variety of words is important for babies to hear) and for the baby to look at. Now at 11 months, he understands what to do with books - he picks them up, brings them to me, flips the pages. He doesn't sit and listen to an entire book yet, since he's more interested in the mechanic of flipping pages, but the important part is that we're spending time together, and he's hearing words he might not hear as part of our regular conversation.
  
  His favorite books are the ones that have touch and feel parts, and also Little Blue Truck because it's so much fun to make the different sounds.
  
  Oh, and visiting a storytime/babytime, if your library has them, can help too. Seeing how the librarians read from a book and make the story fun and engaging can give you ideas for home. :)

This might be a little too old, but I love Click, Clack, Moo by Doreen Cronin. I've worked with toddlers and it was their favorite book.

Over in the Meadow

Little Blue Truck

One Duck Stuck

Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You?

Sheep in a Jeep

Jamberry

The Napping House

Hand Hand Fingers Thumb

Bubble Gum Bubble Gum

This brought back great memories. Also, type any title into youtube to listen to a reading so you know if you like the book before buying. As for category, "animal noises" or "onomatopoeia" are good search terms.

The Adventures of Esther the Wonder Pig https://www.amazon.com/dp/0316554766/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_9Y7KzbBDBFF32

Polly has her own book.

We're also enjoying Little Blue Truck.

I think my favorite thing about RAOA are just the short term conversations I have with people in the daily. From just talking to people I have a list of places to travel, some amazing recipes (including one for the Canadian butter tarts my Dad and I love that are impossible to find in the states), I have gotten great advice on everything from child rearing to keeping the cats off the bed, there are shows and books I love that I never would have discovered, etc.

Because I'm Happy!

I love surprises, but if picking is too hard I would love to share this picture book with my children. It was a childhood favorite. It is on the $10 and under list.

Thank you for the contest!

Baby! I'd love to read this book with the kids I babysit! Thanks for the contest!

I don't have any personal pics of them but here's one my friend took

This (and Sheep in a Jeep) is my toddler's fave.

[The Little Red Hen] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Little-Red-Golden-Book/dp/0307960307)

To this day I still have it in my kitchen. When I make food and none of my roommates help. I make them read the book THEN they can get a plate to grub.

There's a kid's book about her
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/163322418X

Edit: apparently don't know how to link to stuff

1. Everywhere Babies is excellent for birth through 18 or 24 months. It's a celebration of babies being loved (in rhyme), and so is loved by parents, and also toddlers.
   
   
2. Big Red Barn is a nice bedtime story as the animals go to sleep.
   
   
3. Then graduate to Going to Sleep on the Farm which has the same idea, but in much richer visual detail.
   
   
4. How Will We Get to the Beach is also nice. A mother is heading to the beach with her baby and several objects (umbrella, beach ball, etc.). On each page, Mom discovers her (ever-changing) mode of transportation won't do because it would mean leaving one of her things behind. For babies, it's a story. For toddlers, it's a memory game as you try to remember what's missing when Mom tries to get on the kayak, skateboard, hot air balloon, etc. There's also a tiny ladybug hidden on each page that older toddlers like to find.
   
   
5. Goodnight Gorilla is the first book that caused my daughter to laugh, due to the many voices given to the animals saying goodnight and the surprised sound I voice for the wife who realizes zoo animals are in her bedroom.
   
   
6. Morris the Moose has awesome humor for an older age child (3? 4? 5?) that is still quite good for adults, too.

The Tomten by Astrid Lindgren is a classic young children's book. http://www.amazon.com/Tomten-Astrid-Lindgren/dp/0698115910/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373923417&sr=1-1&keywords=the+tomten

Swedish Folk Tales is worth the price alone for Bauer's illustrations. I'd place reading age closer to 10-12, but again, the pictures are lovely. Some of the stories are appropriate for a younger age if you don't mind reading them.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0863154573/ref=oh_details_o04_s01_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown.

Everyone knows her for Goodnight Moon, but I think this book is even better, and the drawings by Felicia Bond are just delightful.

It's an amazing bedtime book as well.

http://www.amazon.com/Big-Barn-Margaret-Wise-Brown/dp/0694006246/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418241820&sr=8-1&keywords=big+red+barn

We have some and so far they've held up well - some have gotten kind of "wrinkly" but she hasn't been able to eat them yet! Here is a link.

Edit: bonus, you can clean them in the dishwasher!

I went to vegas for my 21st, cliche I know but it was so much fun!

laser

Annnnd here we go again (dear lord)

A is for A Whole New Mind
B is for Burglar - a movie starring Whoopi Goldberg, who knew?
C is for Candy starring Health Ledger
D is for Dandelion, a book
E is for Eureka vacuum
F is for Follow, a song.
G is for Gourmet cookbook
H is for The Hornet Electric Radio Control Buggy
I is for Invisible Ink Pen
J is for a Journal about Babies
K is for Kitty Cat Pet Dress Up and Care, an app
L is for Land Lakes Mini Moos Creamer
M is for Monty Python and the Holy Grail
N is for Nowhere To Go And All Day To Get There
O is for Opium for Women
P is for a Porcupine Puppet
Q is for Queasy Drops
R is for Roland MIDI Controller
S is for Spirit, a book
T is for Termidor, a Termiticide
U is for Ululu, a book
V is for The Vandal, a book
W is for The Wonky Donkey, a book too
X is for X., an ebook
Y is for Yolanda Griffith's basketball card
Z is for Zucchini, an ebook.

How about Click Clack Moo?

Green eggs and ham. Oh how many times have we read that book here? Millions? Surely. I think your daughter (aged 1) might love any of the Margaret Wise Brown books. Our personal favorite was Big Red Barn. Because children's books are my absolute passion though, I'm going to throw out a couple more. If your daughter loves to look at faces (mine did) - I loved this book, Global Babies. It's a picture board book and the photography is stunning. My daughter also loved Touch and Feel books, have you guys tried those? And if she likes bright colors, my daughter loved Planting a Rainbow.

Can I throw out a few for later? Just because I love these books so much. A lesser known book that came to me by chance and became my favorite thing ever is Open Me, I'm a Dog by Art Spiegelman. Also, make sure that you get Janell Cannon's books, Verdi and Stellaluna as she gets older, especially if she is an animal lover. Stellaluna can be scary though, or at least it was for my daughter, so in a few years might be best. OH and we love the Alexander books.

My son is a wee bit obsessed with the Lego Movie, which is odd since we still haven't seen it. But he's wanting to read this novel about it for $4.61.

Mostly though, I wanted to talk about books. And kids. Because I love them both very much. Thanks for a great contest!

You definitely are not a moron. Waterproof books do exist. There just aren't very many of them. One example is the waterproof Bible. There are also a bunch of kids' books that are waterproof. I am not sure what else is out there, but I am guessing the market for this kind of book is limited.

We love to read Ferdinand the Bull here. It's really cute and a different story.

We also love the Joyce Wan books here. We haven't read this one yet though.

Green eggs and ham.

Hmm what's his reading level like? Is he catching on quick, or is he learning a little more slowly? In my son's kindergarten class, his teacher read the Mercy Watson books to them, which are hilarious. Some of the kids were able to read them by themselves, but my son was not at that level until the end of first grade.. Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type is another good one - my son LOVED it. He was able to read that one in kindergarten though partly because he'd memorized it from hearing me read it to him so so so many times - but many kindergarteners are able to read it by themselves. The classics like Dr. Seuss are always a good stand-by too. Green Eggs and Ham is especially great because it's the same 50 words over and over, so it's easier for beginning readers.

If he's not a very strong reader (and if he likes animals/nature), he might enjoy the National Geographic kids series of books - pre-reader level. They're great for giving more confidence to readers who get overwhelmed by small print and lots of words. Hoot Owl was my son's favorite; I even got him a snowy owl plushie because he loved it so much. But we also had the Safari one, the Rainforest one, the one about bugs.. If you want to get him something with an educational angle, the Bob books are really good at teaching sight words and building reading ability.

On Amazon I found some more Latin translations aside from Harry Potter:

• Fairy tales
  
• The Giving Tree
  
• Ferdinand the Bull
  
• Cat in the Hat
  
• Winnie the Pooh
  
• Gingerbread Man
  
  I also remember that my college bookstore had a bunch of picture books in Latin (along with other foreign languages) - parents liked to get them as gifts for their kids. Might be worth looking at a local college?

Some suggestions:

http://wedonteatanimals.com/store

https://www.amazon.com/True-Adventures-Esther-Wonder-Pig/dp/0316554766/

https://www.amazon.com/vegan-childrens-books/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Avegan%20childrens%20books

"Bonawit"??? Can you think of anything else that might help? Where there characters in the book? etc.

I was going to suggest Sheep in a Jeep. It's a great rhyming book, though almost certainly not what you're looking for.
http://www.amazon.com/Sheep-Jeep-Nancy-E-Shaw/dp/039586786X