The Farmer

About this book

Waking up at the crack of dawn to attend to his livestock, harvest the produce, reap the wheat fields and repair his machinery, this is just the typical busy day in the life of The Farmer.... An early childhood rhyming book that details the daily duties of The Farmer. The first book of a series unfolding fun stories about interesting characters performing their everyday occupation. This book has a touch of humour through a mixture of sophisticated and simple vocabulary with emphasised text of the rhyming words which is perfect for developing emergent literacy skills in young children. Key Features Story and illustrations based on real life people who have inspired, motivated or positively impacted the author. Develops an understanding of rhyming words in young children with relevant emphasised text. Combined sounding words that are perfect for parents, teachers and speech pathologists to develop children's communication; literacy; and speech and sound skills. Colourful, entertaining and interesting illustrations for both child and parent. The AuthorSam Braidwood is a born and bred proud South Australian, husband to an early childhood teacher and father of two young children. When he's not being a helicopter parent, or working in his state government management role, watching movies, constantly eating or procrastinating about writing more books, he is off playing cricket or aussie rules football and holding on to his unrealistic dream of being a professional sports star! Forced to read the same books each night to his kids has reignited his passion and life-long ambition to write entertaining children's books with fun and colourful illustrations. The Farmer is the first book of a series with characters based on real people performing their everyday occupations as a form of dedication or appreciation for having a positive influence in Sam's life. This particular book is based on his father in-law Roger, a passionate farmer in the Adelaide Plains region and just a genuinely great guy (particularly considering he let Sam marry his amazing daughter!!).