Through wonderful prepositional phrases that match the action in the pictures, we watch Rosie, the hen, as she goes for a walk around the barnyard stalked by the fox intent on catching her. Unwittingly, she foils the fox at every turn and in the end he is driven off by a swarm of bees. Rosie returns undisturbed and unperturbed to her roost in the hen house.

Farmer Palmer's Wagon Ride
by William Steig

A slapstick rendering of the misadventures which befall Farmer Palmer and his hired hand Ebenezer on their return from market. They have to cope with a storm and a fallen tree, a runaway wagon wheel, Ebenezer's "sprained hock," and, finally, the total destruction of their wagon. Persistence wins out, however, and all ends happily.

Whoo-oo Is It?
by Megan McDonald

The white faces of the owls in these pastel drawings stand out against the gloom of night and the interior of the barn. Mother owl hears a sound, but cannot determine what it is. She flies out and looks at the snake slithering on a tree branch and a raccoon scratching as he climbs a tree trunk, but they are not the source of the sound. It is all very mysterious, but what a surprise at the end when the true source of the sound is discovered.

Winter Barn
by Peter Parnall

A fictionalized account of forest and domestic farm animals in winter that co-exist peacefully in an old barn. From its stone foundation to its stalls and loft, the barn shelters animals as diverse as horses, cats, snakes, porcupines, and swallows - all waiting for spring thaw.

Greenbrook Farm
by Bonnie Pryor

Spring at Greenbrook Farm brings many baby animals, including a calf, filly, chicks, ducklings, and a new baby in the family.

Barn Dance by Bill Martin Jr.

A farm boy awakens in the middle of the night and is lured to the barn, where the animals are holding an old-fashioned hoedown.

Chicken Man by Michelle Edwards

At Kibbutz Hanan, Israel's Jezreel Valley, Rody is known as "Chicken Man" because he takes such good care of the chickens that they lay extra eggs! This informative, good-humored glimpse of communal life is vigorously illustrated with bold, freely drawn line and vibrant color.

Amelia's Road by Linda Altman

Amelia hates all roads and all maps. Her family moves frequently to pick the crops and she has always hated the time when her father takes out the road maps. This time she particularly hates to move because she has been going to a school where, for the first time, the teacher has bothered to learn her name.

Just Like My Dad by Tricia Gardella & Margot Apple

Here is a little boy who has one big dream, and that is to be "just like my dad." The boy is very lucky because he gets to go out with his father, and share in his father's work. The boy's father is a cowboy and his son is learning all the skills he will need so that he too will be able to be a fully-fledged "cowhand" one day.

My Father's Boat by Sherry Garland

A Vietnamese-American boy spends a day with his father on his shrimp boat, listening as he describes how his own father fishes on the South China Sea.