If you’re looking for a captivating rhyming book with lots of repetition for your listeners to join in with and build on, this is a perfect pick for you!
Sitting on the Farm is a story song book about a girl trying to eat her lunch when she’s joined by a bug. She asks the bug to get off her knee and the bug says, “No Siree!” Looking for some help with her dilemma, she “picked up the telephone and called her friend the frog at home. I asked if she would like some lunch. The frog came over and…MUNCH, MUNCH, MUNCH!” With frog now eating her lunch she calls for back-up and each new animal that arrives to help is bigger than the next. The story culminates with the arrival of bear who is way too big to be on her knee!
It’s an entertaining read with familiar patterns that begs for audience participation. Lots of fun, especially for larger groups!
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This was my all time favorite book as a child! My mom read it to me all the time and at the age of 3 I was able to recite it all by heart while following the words with my fingers. It fooled others into thinking I could actually read even though I wasn’t quite there yet
This is definitely one of the best children’s book ever made!