Harvest Time

Reviewed by: Carla McAllister - New Gloucester Public Library, New Gloucester, Maine, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: January 28, 2016

Review

It is time to harvest apples and pumpkins. Stony Meadow Farm is right across the road from Tractor Mac's place and the pumpkin pickin' festival is a big hit. Small Fred is a little tractor whose job it is to pull the hay wagon to the pumpkin patch so that folks can choose their pumpkins, then return them to the farm stand for games and goodies to eat. Meanwhile, Tractor Mac is busy in the apple orchard transporting apples to be made into cider and such. However, Tractor Mac dislikes his job as he keeps getting struck by limbs. He is too big for this task. He wishes he could be doing Small Fred's job across the road Small Fred is really just too small for the big job he is assigned. Perhaps there is a solution here? The illustrations are very busy, very autumnal. Sometimes, though, the text does not complement the illustrations terribly well. But, for a special fall picture book read, this is an offering to consider.

Overall Book Score: good