The Big Red Barn : A Book About Friends

By Christa Galer and Jeff Galer

A gently told adventure of three colorful little mushrooms, Edger, Hope, and Chip. Chip has just moved to a new part of the woods. Chip sees two little mushrooms playing next door. He wants to play... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 097064910X
• ISBN13: 9780970649102
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Purple Crayon Animation Studios
• Length: 38 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Mushrooms Need Friends Too

"The Big Red Barn is a book that gives parents and teachers a good opportunity to talk with children about being shy and making friends, an important issue to our children today." When Chip moves next door to a family with two little mushrooms, he decides he wants to make friends with the adventurous mushrooms. He first sees Hope (an adorable pink mushroom with white spots) playing on a swing that looks like it is made out of telephone wire. As Chip (a mushroom with blue and black stripes who wears big glasses) hides behind the blade of grass he feels afraid and doesn't want to ask if he can play too. So, he secretly follows Edger (a blue mushroom with white spots) and Hope as they head for the Big Red Barn."Hope and Edger hopped until they came to the stream. Edger said, 'The Big Red Barn is on the other side of the stream. Let's go check it out.' Hope wasn't sure she wanted to go but Edger hopped on and Hope followed him."When they get to the barn, they find a caterpillar caught in a huge spider web. When the spider appears, Chip grabs a rope and knocks the spider off the ledge. The picture of the caterpillar (who becomes the mushroom's pet), three mushrooms, blue flowers and bright green grass is worth seeing. The mushrooms are adorable and the colors are beautiful. Christa & Jeff Galer's story works well with the computer modeled illustrations. Purple Crayon Studios is a computer animation company. ~TheRebeccaReview.com

Energetically illustrated with a distinctive animation style

Creatively written by Christa Galer and energetically illustrated with a distinctive animation style by Jeffrey Galer, The Big Red Barn the debut title for Purple Crayon Studios (a computer animation and graphics design company) in their "mushtoons", a family oriented children's cartoon book series who's main characters are animated mushroom children. Specifically, The Big Red Barn is an entertaining and "kid pleasing" story about making friends. A family value based story that children preschool through first grade will find immensely entertaining, The Big Red Barn will prove a very welcome addition to any family, school, or community library picture book collection.