Farm Anatomy: The Curious Parts and Pieces of Country Life

Really lovely book for my farming mad son aged 10. The illustrations are beautiful, and it is full of great information, I would definitely recommend this book.

Great book - beautifully designed and well written with lots of information of a value. I bought it for my 10-year old son who is going to live in the countryside in ten years time. ;-) It's a perfect buy not only for "village people", but for those who appreciate interesting and well managed ideas. Also for children in love with animals, plants, and machines.

Great book, all you need to know about farms, including recipes, and how to spin wool!

Beautiful illustrations and interesting articles for pretend farmers. Sadly many of the references are american so not that useful to European readers.

love this range of books, have all three now!

Beautiful!

Rather like Nature Anatomy, this book is a mix of very brief information and bright, clear illustrations about different things on and about a farm. It includes stuff about various common farm animals and how to care for them, fruit and food production and harvest, types of tractors, recipes, canning procedure, tree identification, how to stack wood, types of barns -- all sorts in a very brief dipping-your-toes-in kind of way. It's very America-centric, as Nature Anatomy also is, and it also uses the same clear font and hard-to-read cursive handwriting which makes this book not so great for children despite its bite-size and friendly illustrations that would otherwise make it good for children. Some of the information is a little off (such as the Shephard's Pie recipe containing beef rather than lamb -- she meant Cottage pie), and I didn't think the organisation of this book was as good as it is in Nature Anatomy. It felt odd to have read all the plants, veggies, and fruit sections to then move on to meat and animal types, to then only go back to veg canning, storing. Similarly, the final chapter about yarn would probably have been better in with the information about sheep/goats, where it would have been more relevant and not just tacked on the end. But overall, an interesting read, and I can certainly appreciate how long it must have taken to put a book like this together.

My children and I learn so much and I love the recipes!

O produto foi entregue rápido e em perfeitas condições. Sobre o livro em si, diria que quem gosta de coisas relacionadas a vida rural dificilmente não irá gostar. É bem fofo, mas contém várias informações um tanto óbvias sobre fazenda. No entanto, possui coisas legais como receitas, como cultivar tomates, como fazem para prever chuvas, as variadas raças dos principais animais de uma fazenda (galinha, vaca, cavalo, porco e mais), e é ótimo pra quem que, por algum acaso, queira melhorar o vocabulário em inglês sobre praticamente tudo a ver com fazendas.

I purchased this book as a present and have to say it fulfills all my expectations. The drawings are very nice and the text is well written. It is well structured and interesting for and extremely useful for teaching English to children and adults alike. Which is exactly what I was looking for.

No deja de ser una mera colección de ilustraciones con descriptivos, pero si te gusta la ilustración y la temática, es un libro muy chulo. Distintos tipos de gallinas, cabras etc Algunas recetas, algunas indicaciones de cómo ordeñar una vaca, o tipos de corral... Eso sí, todo muy estadounidense, así que a lo mejor las razas de vaca/oveja etc no coinciden mucho con las locales de donde tu estés. Yo lo he comprado para familiarizar a mis hijos con el inglés y picarles la curiosidad con las cosas de campo. Aún no sé si logrará su objetivo pues son pequeños. Si buscas un libro muy técnico no te servirá. Puedes buscar algunas páginas en internet para hacerte una idea de lo que es, yo lo hice antes ypor eso no me decepcionó.

破れも気にならないくらいです。また他のシリーズを揃えたいと思います

I bought this book as a gift for a friend, but after receiving it and looking through it, I decided to hang on to for just another day or two. I enjoyed Ms. Rothman's book so much, I bought several copies for several friends (yes, I kept the first one I received). I left this book on a counter in the house, and everyone in my family read through it, as well as neighbors and friends who stopped by. I was constantly amazed at the luminous reaction of those who leafed through the book - followed with a request to borrow it. This book is so visually inspiring, you'll want to rototill your soil right away. Ms. Rothman's book is visual romp through all of the possibilities for your own "farm," whether is a bunch of acres or your suburban backyard, there's a lot to be gleaned. It's full of practical advice and information from getting the ground ready for a garden, to planting (and plant parts identification), animal husbandry, construction projects (even a barn), knots, beekeeping and it's sprinkled with recipes throughout including a whole chapter focusing on the kitchen (you need to know what you can do with your bounty). She even gives a bit of info on other uses of your harvest such as natural dyes, spinning yarn, even winemaking (dandelion wine - now I can put those nasty weeds to a good use!). The super plus side, no fancy tools, equipment or gadgets are needed - it's pure simplicity. If you ever dreamed of living on a farm or have that itch to get your hands into the dirt, Ms. Rothman's book lowers the hurdle and gives you the confidence to get going. You'll definitely put the book down, the boots on and charge out into the yard with a "yes, I can do that!" attitude. And if this isn't you, but someone you know, this would make a memorable gift!