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Maya the cow, J.D. the piglet, Hilda the sheep, and a dozen more animals all speak directly to the reader, showing off their unique personalities in this wonderful collection of poems. Master watercolorist Robert Rahway Zakanitch provides a portrait that perfectly captures the essence of each creature. Together the poems and paintings add up to a picture of life on the friendliest farm around.
Maya Gottfried based her poems on real animals from Farm Sanctuary, a safe haven for injured or abused farm animals with locations in New York and California.

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Maya Gottfried cleverly captures the creative writing styles of various livestock ( Yummy pants leg, can I try some? ask two baby goats), while charming watercolors from Robert Rahway Zakanitch capture the fretful face of a calf named Whitaker, or the defiance in the eye of a duck named Diego. -- Minneapolis Star-Tribune <br> .. .each fetching personality is nudged along by the poetic lines of Maya Gottfried. There is a subtle message here, to be sure--all the world's creatures deserve care and respect--but it is handled with a very light touch. Robert Zakanitch's watercolors are quite wonderful.... -- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review <br> A lovely farm collection perfect for spring. -- Midwest Book Review <br> There are few books for young kids on this subject. From the cover image of one vulnerable lamb to the farm overviews on the endpapers, the physical images about the joy of home will move young animal lovers and those who read to them. -- Booklist <br>n

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