A Family for Old Mill Farm

By Shutta Crum

A raccoon real estate agent is showing his animal clients--families of finches and foxes, deer and ducks--the woods, fields, and pond of Old Mill Farm. At the same time, a human realtor is trying to find a suitable house for a human family. Cabin on a mountaintop? Vine-smothered cottage? Mobile home on the prairie? None of those will do, and finally the tired realtor suggests one last possibility--a tumbledown property called . . . Old Mill Farm. Lively verse and funny, endearing art transport the reader to an intriguing variety of locations and make this quest both entertaining and satisfying.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618428461
• ISBN13: 9780618428465
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children

A family with another baby on the way needs a new house, but their real estate agent just cannot seem to find the right house. A lodge on the breezy shore, a ranch house in the dessert, a mountain-top home, none of them can provide the space and setting that the family members know they want. A raccoon realtor, on the other hand, has no trouble finding a succession of animal families the perfect home on the grounds of Old Mill Farm, an old barn nestled in the woods and hills with a stream running from a nearby pond. Could Old Mill Farm be the dream home for the people family as well? With its warm illustrations and parallel story lines, this unique children's book makes a useful resource for discussing wants and needs, as well as supply and demand, in the context of real estate.

Perfect!

This is a beautifully written, delightful, and heartwarming book with a captivating rhythm that is both fun to read, and to hear. I enjoyed it so much, I'm keeping it at my home to read to my grandchildren when they visit! Thank you to both author and illustrator! Most sincerely, Bonnie Garrison

Babies like this, too

This is the favorite book of my 15-month-old grandson. He chooses it from his shelf-full of books for reading each day...and sometimes multiple times a day. His father reports that his son seems to love the rhythm of the words read aloud, as well as the pictures of the animals, even though he's too young to understand the meaning of the story, which is delightful for older children.