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Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9781563978739
ISBN number: 1563978733
Label: Boyds Mills Press
Manufacturer: Boyds Mills Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 32
Printing Date: 2000-02
Publishing house: Boyds Mills Press
Age index: Ages 4-8
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Studio: Boyds Mills Press
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Both my 20 month old son and 3 year old daughter loved this book. It shows the differnet things one old tractor can do. The story of the grandpa and grandson was something they could relate to in their own relationship with their grandpa. It also had a good moral to the story.
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I didn't think I would learn a lesson by reading this book to my son but I did! I sell Highlights-Jigsaw and this is one of the books we sell so I got it for my kit and to share it with my son. I was pleasantly surprised with the storyline as well as the illustrations.
It is about a farmer, his old but reliable tractor, the farmers grandson, and an over eager tractor salesman. The salesman tries as hard as he can to sell the farmer a brand new shiny tractor and even has the farmers grandson on his side. But no matter what he says the farmer sticks with his old tractor saying it was his old friend and "friends don't let each other down". In the end the saleman loses a bet he makes with the farmer and needs the farmer and his tractor to help him out of a mess.
In this day and age when NEW is better than OLD this book can help teach us all a lesson; just because something has lost it's shine does not make it less useful.
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Boy, is this a cute book! Little Micah and his grandfather are constantly being bugged by a pesky salesman who laughs when he very first sees grandpappy's rusty old tractor. The salesman, Mr. Hill, swears that the old thing won't make it another season and begs grandpappy to come on down and look at his new tractors. It's quite funny to see how grandpappy has an answer for eac one of Hill's sales pitches, i.e. "this one has air conditioning," said Mr. Hill. "Mine has air conditioning," said Grandpappy. "When the air gets a little fresh, I just put on a jacket." Hill eventually bets Grandpappy a jelly donut for each acre grandpappy farms with the old tractor. He makes it through and teaches Micah a lesson about being true to your friends. Grandpappy calls the old tractor his friend and sticks by it through and through. Pretty funny ending too - Hill has to be pulled out of the mud by the old tractor!
What's also neat is that although she lives in New Zealand, the author nicely captured the "farmer slang" in this book. It's very well written and very entertaining, especially if you have a "tractor boy" in your house. There's a photo of each brand of tractor too on the beginning pages and it's fun to see if they can name them all. Highly recommend!
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In this story, a small boy watches as his grandfather steadfastly refuses the overtures of a new tractor salesman who claims that their rusty old tractor won't make it through another season. As Micah gets caught up in the world of new shiny tractors at the showroom, he too starts to hint that perhaps they should replace their old one. But Granpappy stands firm, saying "this is my old friend, and friends don't let each other down. You remember that." Throughout the plowing, planting, mowing, and baling of the hay, Micah watches Granpappy treat his fifty-year old tractor with kindness and respect, talking to it and whistling songs and - even though "plain and simple, no way is that tractor going to tow a hay baler" - the old tractor comes through. The enduring children's book theme of the power of friendship here receives a new unexpected treatment and the results are outstanding. The farm equipment theme immediately got my daughter more interested in farming and she began to ask questions too about construction equipment. This book is a wonderful, warm addition to any child's library with uses in any unit about friendship, the seasons, or farming.
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I enjoy reading this book to my son. I can't help but read it in a southern accent. I love the way the book it written with southern sayings like wang-a-dang. Good book about friendship, loyalty and trust.
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