Barnyard Banter

Fleming, D. (19971994). Barnyard banter. New York: Holt.

Barnyard Banter is a book about the sounds that children would find at a farm or in a barnyard. It is a Children's Literature book and it is by Denise Fleming who write many children's tales. This book is made for little ones who are learning a couple things: first, children who are learning the sounds and names of animals, and second, children who are also used to playing games like hide and seek. The common theme in the book is "Where's the goose?" It has a rhyming structure to it as well and is very much in tune with the way little children think. It also has a repetitive technique within the book because it repeats each sound three times by each animal, for example, "Cow's in the pasture, moo, moo, moo..."

The book is also very colorful and the illustrations in the book are fabulous. They are shaped and colored like the animal they are describing with the noises but are not exact pictures so it has a little abstract feel to it to let children make their own pictures in their minds. The colors are bold so they are used as an attention getting technique.

 

Fleming is an author that is listed in often in our text book and I found she was on a popular list at my public library. I like that a lot of her books like the same and have the same bold colors and techniques within them.