New Friend

Reviewed by: Jill O'Connor - North Yarmouth Academy, Yarmouth, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: November 17, 2015

Review

Published in 2015, this is a new book in the Tractor Mac series. These books are wonderful for your tractor-loving, farm-loving young readers. Truly a fantastic series highlighting many, many aspects of farm life.

This title introduces a new vehicle to the farm, a small tractor named Daisy. Daisy is owned Cathy and together they are determined to turn a fallow field into a productive one. Tractor Mac encourages Daisy to take it one small task at a time in order to accomplish her big goal. And it works! It's a great message and Tractor Mac, along with all of the farm animals, are positive and supportive. The illustrations are bright and detailed and the book makes a nice read-aloud. The end papers have a detailed, named illustration of the subjects of the book, in this case Daisy and her planter in the front, and Tractor Mac in the back. A wonderful addition to any library collection - once children know Tractor Mac, they will want to hear about all of his adventures.

Overall Book Score: very good