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misspippireads's review
2.0
It's time to learn about Mrs. MacDonald who loves vowels! She always gets to work when she sees an A, E, I, O, U, and Y. It's a bit crazy on the farm, but the chores get done with some hard work and crazy inventions.
Farming books are always popular. A new own is always exciting to see, whether the storyline shares a new concept or refrshes an old one. A Mrs. MacDonald sounds very interesting and her e-i-e-i-o was a-e-i-o-u. That was a neat new concept to read. After the refrain, the farmer's work turned a bit wacky. Each vowel she founded highlighted work that focused around that particular vowel. Clever concept, but not the strongest execution. The list of chores feels more like a tongue twisters put together. If a teacher or reading specialist was focusing on vowels and wanted a story, I would recommend this title. If a reader was looking for a farm tale, I would suggest other material.
Reviewed from a NetGalley copy. Thank you, NetGalley and Annick Press Ltd.!
Farming books are always popular. A new own is always exciting to see, whether the storyline shares a new concept or refrshes an old one. A Mrs. MacDonald sounds very interesting and her e-i-e-i-o was a-e-i-o-u. That was a neat new concept to read. After the refrain, the farmer's work turned a bit wacky. Each vowel she founded highlighted work that focused around that particular vowel. Clever concept, but not the strongest execution. The list of chores feels more like a tongue twisters put together. If a teacher or reading specialist was focusing on vowels and wanted a story, I would recommend this title. If a reader was looking for a farm tale, I would suggest other material.
Reviewed from a NetGalley copy. Thank you, NetGalley and Annick Press Ltd.!
librarianryan's review against another edition
5.0
Many have tried to redo or out do the original Old MacDonald, and for the first time ever I think I have found the book that can go head to head. This is a vowel book. The pictures looked kind of kooky at first but they go right with the words. What I love about this book is that granny is into “A E I O U and when she came across and e this is what she’d do:”. This would be followed by actions that glorify that vowel. Admittedly I couldn’t sing it to come out like Old Macdonald for the life of me, but I did love the tongue twister action of just trying to say what granny was going.
whiskersonkittens's review against another edition
4.0
Talk about a tongue twister! Old MacDonald had *her* farm and this book tells you about it using the vowels A E I O U and sometimes Y.
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