Reviews

It's Milking Time by Lou Fancher, Phyllis E. Alsdurf, Steve Johnson

thewenzl's review against another edition

3.0

Audience: P-2nd students and their parents, teachers, kids who want to know where milk comes from

Appeal: Rhythmic and flowing text is fun and educational about life on a dairy farm. It shows a very loving relationship between a father and daughter who work together and her love of the cows on their farm.

(Pre-class book)

maidmarianlib's review

3.0

Simple picture book that describes the process for milking from a child's perspective. Could not understand why sometimes they used technology and other times they did things (like carry lots of buckets) instead of having technology transports. This made it so I could not identify the time of the story, if it was historical or not.

canada_matt's review

4.0

As a city dweller, Neo is not all that familiar with cows and milking and the chores on the farm. He does, however, love all things milk. He was interested to hear all about the milking and cows, especially what happens when the milk is in pails.

tashrow's review

4.0

This picture book looks at milking time on a modern dairy farm. A little girl works alongside her father. She helps to bring the cows in from the field and then into the barn. She scoops feed into their stalls and helps get the milkers ready. Then she opens the big barn doors and the cows enter the barn and line up in their stanchions. The little girl goes around and locks them. Milking starts, and there are quiet moments to look out at the growing corn, but then milk is ready to be carried to the milk house, a pitcher filled for the family. Then the calves must be fed, the manure shoveled, and finally the two walk up to the house in the twilight.

Read the rest of my review on my blog, Waking Brain Cells.