Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep: A Yarn About Wool
It's springtime, and Farmer Brown is shearing his sheep: "Clip-clip,  buzz-buzz, / He took their wool and left them fuzz." Naked, the pink-cheeked  sheep begin to shiver as the temperature drops. They watch in dismay when Farmer  Brown gathers up the bags of wool to deliver to Mr. Greene, who cleans and cards  it. "'BAAA!' they cried. 'We want it back!'" But their bleating is to no avail.  Farmer Brown continues on his rounds, visiting the yarn spinner and the dyer  before he finally realizes that his poor lambs are frigidly following him. He  scurries back to his farm and sets to work--knitting each one a bright, colorful  sweater!The third in the Farmer Brown series, afterFarmer Brown Goes Round and  RoundandThe Thing That  Bothered Farmer Brown, this "yarn about wool" is as charmingly silly as  its predecessors. Children can learn about the process of turning wool into the  yarn that becomes the sweaters on their backs, while sympathizing with the  somewhat ineffective sheep who must become all tangled up in yarn before  clueless Farmer Brown catches on to their plight. However, never let it be said  that Farmer Brown doesn't have a heart. His magnanimous solution to the sheep's  situation teaches a perfectly palatable lesson in thoughtfulness. Nadine Bernard  Westcott's stubbly-chinned Farmer Brown and rosy-bottomed sheep are positively  huggable. (Ages 4 to 7)--Emilie Coulter