Iza Trapani was born in Poland. When she first came to the United States at the age of seven, she learned English in large part by reading a book of Mother Goose nursery rhymes. She is the author of over two-dozen children's books, including the best-selling The Itsy Bitsy Spider. She currently lives outside of Poughkeepsie, NY.
Old MacDonald had a—kangaroo?!?It's just another day on the
bespectacled white man's farm, starting with the milking of his cow
and an E-I-E-I-O. But in the pig's sty, instead of an "oink oink"
accompanying the E-I-E-I-O, there's a hopping kangaroo splattering
mud everywhere. An elephant sprays Old MacDonald clean with water
from the trough (with an E-I-E-I-O). Then…"Old MacDonald heard a
crunch, E-I-E-I-O. / Zebras helped themselves to lunch, E-I-E-I-O.
// With a chomp above, and a chomp below, / Here a chomp, there a
chomp, / Everywhere a chomp chomp, / What a hungry, messy bunch,
E-I-E-I-O." Then monkeys E-I-E-I-O in the henhouse, and a crocodile
E-I-E-I-Os in the garden before Old MacDonald gets fed up. He
bundles all the inappropriate animals into his truck and takes them
back to the zoo with a vroom vroom and an E-I-E-I-O. Prolific
nursery-rhymer Trapani turns the traditional song on its head for a
rousing romp with some zoo escapees and some surprised farm
denizens. Bright watercolor, acrylic, and ink illustrations, mostly
in double-page spreads, are full of expressive animals. This update
of the rhyme would be a fine addition to personal collections and
will be welcome at storytime. A wild time on the MacDonald farm,
with music included at the close.
--Kirkus Reviews
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