Product Description

In the latest offering by renowned photographer William Wegman, his lovable weimaraners decide to try their "hands" at farming. With the help of Farmer Chundo and Batty and Crooky McDouble, city-boy Chip learns the four "Ws" of farming: watering, weeding, waiting, and whatever. Farming has never been so much fun! Full-color photos.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #674935 in Books
• Published on: 1997-04-01
• Format: Bargain Price
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 40 pages

From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 2. If you have young patrons (and/or their parents) who have enjoyed Wegman's Cinderella (1993) and William Wegman's Mother Goose (1996, both Hyperion), you will have an audience for this spin-off of the old tale of the country mouse and the city mouse. For those not familiar with Mr. W's productions, the photo illustrations star his patient, photogenic weimaraners, posed wearing human clothes and rather eerily depicted with human hands?and feet?where necessary. In this tale of a lesson learned, city boy/dog Chip visits his friends on Farmer McFay's farm and is inveigled into doing all the work. While Chip doggedly digs and plants and cleans cow stalls and mows and acts as a scarecrow, his pals dawdle, sip milk, fish, and generally loll about. A wiser Chip packs up and heads cityward to star as a drummer in a nightclub combo. Several illustrations might give young non-farmers the mistaken impression that a varied crop of veggies can be reaped from four spindly plants (tomatoes?), that hay is mowed with a hand-pushed lawn mower, and that scarecrows are needed in long-harvested cornfields. Very peculiar.?Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Customer Reviews

It's a little distressing to see dogs with people hands.
I am a huge fan of Weimaraners, as I have a sweet 9 year old named Fiori, and I do so love the other Wegman books. I found Farm Days to be a bit strange and I do not like the hands with dog bodies. Creepy. But I love the crisp clarity of Wegman's photgraphs and his charming child-like innocence that all is well in the land of his beloved dogs. Especially fun is the final photo of the dog playing the drums. Worth adding to your Wegman collection if you are a hard core fan, but if you want a gift for a samll child, stick to the fairy tales he did (Cinderella or Red Riding Hood)

story is strange and disjointed but photos are funny
I bought this book because my 3 year-old loves Wegman's dogs as seen on Sesame Street. A quick glance at the book shows funny farmer-dogs and the usual funny dog scenes. The text was disappointing as the story was strange and it jumped from one topic to another without a good flow. For example, it starts off with the city cousin going to visit the country cousin and the farmer cousins forget to pick up their cousin at the train station. However, when they finally find each other the question is neve asked "what happened, where were you?". He finds out they were busy planting seeds but then no apology is given. These are important things for small children, to get the full flow of events and to get their questions answered, and to see simple etiquette such as a thank-you expressed. Other quirky text is saying you need "the 4 W's: watering, weeding, waiting and whatever". The dogs have weird names that don't flow well off the tongue, i.e. Farmer Chundo. I didn't like the story at all. I'd rather just have my son look at the photos himself and spare me the frustration of having to endure reading the text.

Deeeee-lightful! Anyone who loves dogs will love this!
I am a huge William Wegman fan, and Farm Days is just a charming as all of his other titles. Get ready to chuckle as your view each adorable photo.