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Old Mikamba Had A Farm (2013)

by Rachel Isadora(Favorite Author)

3.91 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0399257403 (ISBN13: 9780399257407)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Nancy Paulsen Books

review 1: A wonderful new alternative for Old McDonald Had a Farm! This artfully pleasing picture book takes the old version and puts an African spin on it. The artwork is beautiful with many textures and accurate depictions of each animal on the farm. Of course, there are not just the traditional animals associated with Africa. There is a glossary at the end which tells you more about each animal. My 4yo was very interested in the ones he did not recognize so we spent time going through the glossary. This is a very valuable resource for integrating art and music into the classroom content!
review 2: Old Mikamba had a farm is very similar to the American version of Old McDonald had a farm but the story was about jungle animals instead of farm animals. I enjoyed rea... moreding this book and I think that it would be a good book to read to young children kindergarten age or younger and explain to them that this is similar to Old McDonald but describes a different culture and continue talking about different cultures. It allows for the children to learn about new cultures and ask any questions they might have. This is a good book to show young children different animals that they are not used to seeing daily. At the end of the story if gives interesting facts about each jungle animals. This would be perfect for an animal lesson for young kids. I thought that the illustrations were amazing, the artist did an amazing job making the reader feel as if they are in the story as well. less

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