The Farm That Mac Built, written by Tammi Sauer, reviewed by Judy Hauser

Summary: This fun book combines Old MacDonald Had a Farm with The House that Jack Built. And the result is a wild journey through an "off Broadway play" with a scarecrow as the guide. We meet pigs and cows along with the oinks and moos but then monkeys appear in the story. And then kangaroos appear. As the story moves from farm animals and sounds it then takes another curve to elephants and then to chickens and sheep. The zany antics of the animals and the fast-paced movement between farmyard happenings to non-farmyard happenings is fun. Children will want to repeat the baas, moos, clucks and oinks. This is a big, colorful, fun book with great illustrations by Jackie Urbanovic. It would make a great read-aloud book. 

Straight Talk for Librarians: This is a fun twist on some fairytales. Children will enjoy the animal sounds and that makes it a good book for audience participation.