This book is really repetitive for the whole entire book and can get really boring. It needs to be paired with other activities to make it more entertaining. ( )

This book is more of a poem than a story, so I would use it for fluency work. The narrator, a little boy, talks about all his different animals and the sounds they make. This book repeats the same phrases over and over, so it might be beneficial for struggling readers.

A little boy had a bunch of animals (cat, pig, cow, horse, dog, goose, and duck) and he fed them all under a tree. The story goes through all of the animals and tell what they say. With each new animal, he repeats the old ones. It ends with just the cat going "Fiddle-i-fee".

The illustrations are beautiful and fun--I love singing this one to my daughter. When we get to the end, she ALWAYS says, "I want to read it again!" So we do. ( )