Colors on the Farm (Tractor Mac Series)

by Billy Steers, Billy Steers (Illustrator)

Overview

This edition to the Tractor Mac series is a board book that teaches children about the different colors of the rainbow. Tractor Mac and his vehicle and animal friends, including Sibley the horse, Pete the pig, and Goat Walter, show kids around Stony Meadow Farm in order to observe the colors of various objects found on the farm.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781466898004
Publisher:	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date:	04/10/2018
Series:	Tractor Mac Series
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	16
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	1 - 3 Years

About the Author

Billy Steers is an author, illustrator, and commercial pilot. In addition to the Tractor Mac series, he has worked on forty other children's books. Mr. Steers raised horses and sheep on the farm where he grew up in Connecticut. Married with three sons, he still lives in Connecticut.

Editorial Reviews

"Clear, uncluttered design makes this age-appropriate board book useful, especially for young fans of big machines." - Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2018-06-11
The latest Tractor Mac board book uses tractors, farm animals, and farm products to teach young children seven basic colors. Naturally, to illustrate red, the color of Tractor Mac, the protagonist is presented, along with a rooster and barn. Likewise, yellow Carl and green Lucy take turns with other items that share their hues. Sadly, pink and brown are not tractor colors. No matter. Pink is illustrated with a pink radish, a rose, and a pig, while a potato, a goat, and a horse show off brown. A blue truck is shown towing Tractor Mac on a trailer, while orange excavator Doug does unrelated construction work. On the verso of each spread, smaller objects are clearly labeled against a corresponding solid color background. The recto displays the main text and the tractor (or substitute) against a white background. Every label and sentence starts with the name of a color and ends with a rhyme. For example, "Orange is a pumpkin. / Orange is a gourd. / Orange is Doug, who never gets bored." Each of the machines, as well as the pig and horse, is given a name and assigned human traits. This personification is initially confusing but won't bother fans of the series.Clear, uncluttered design makes this age-appropriate board book useful, especially for young fans of big machines. (Board book. 1-3)

Kirkus Reviews