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This book is very cute. It gave me a good chuckle.
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Old MacDonald Had an Apartment House
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The creators of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs introduce youngsters to Old MacDonald, the wacky apartment building superintendent who grows his crops and raises his animals in bedrooms, kitchens, closets, and bathrooms.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1,1969
This edition
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32 pages, Hardcover
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May 1, 1998 by Atheneum
- ISBN
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9780689817571
- ASIN
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0689817576
- Language
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English
About the author
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Judi Barrett is the author of many well-loved books for children, including Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Pickles to Pittsburgh, Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing, and Things That Are Most in the World. She teaches art to kindergarten students at a school in her Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood. And she usually doesn't mind going to the dentist!
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Sure, it's a fantasy. But it's also a fable. And it's funny. And it *is* possible to grow herbs, at least, in an apartment. And it *is* possible to find a building owner willing to think outside the box and solve problems. I will look for the other more obscure titles by this team when I visit little old libraries and small town thrift stores.
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I volunteer in a library sorting center. We received this book in and a friend suggested that I read it. I read it on the spot and loved it!
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This book gets five stars because it was one of my favourite books when I was a child.
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The Barretts are better known for Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, but I think this lesser-known opus is the superior work. It does stretch credulity a bit. My father, a plant pathologist who was raised on a farm, used to go to great lengths to explain to us exactly WHY one could not turn an apartment building into a farm, the way Old MacDonald does in this book. I didn't care; it doesn't matter. This is a parable about nature and the city finding ways to accommodate each other, soft-hearted gardeners and practical capitalists finding common ground, cats and dogs lying down together... well, you get the idea. A peaceable kingdom in a five-story walk-up.
I loved it as a kid. One could make a legitimate argument that this book is why I write. Not the only reason, but one of the first.
I loved it as a kid. One could make a legitimate argument that this book is why I write. Not the only reason, but one of the first.
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One of my favorites, visionary, though don't recall what happened to the moon pies.
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I like how the apartment own worked for a win/win scenario. Working for double wins takes work.
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I took the average of my rating and my four year old's rating. I'd give it three stars and I think he'd give it five, partly because he is currently obsessed with learning about apartment buildings. This was written in 1969 and is intended to be silly but it has present-day relevance as well, with the focus on eating locally grown vegetables.
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