Old MacDonald on the Move
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2025

Old MacDonald on the Move

Written by Philip Ardagh · Illustrated by Maria Karipidou

When the farm starts falling apart, the animals check into a fancy hotel.

40 pages· ~520L
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Bookroo's summary

Old MacDonald's beloved farm is falling to pieces: the barn roof leaks, the pigsty is sinking in the mud and everyone is getting rained on. His solution is to move the animals into a grand hotel nearby, where the cows order grass in the restaurant, the pigs splash in the pool and the sheep have a pillow fight. A silly rhyming twist on the classic song, full of animal sounds to join in with.

From the publisher

An unexpected, action-packed, and utterly silly twist on children’s all-time favorite nursery rhyme that will have little ones rolling around in laughter, hollering E-I-E-I-O!Old MacDonald had a farm, he loved with all his heart. Like MacDonald, it got old, and began to fall apart. Old MacDonald’s farm is falling apart! The piggies’ sty is sinking in the mud, there’s a leak in the barn, and everyone is getting rained on…What will Old MacDonald do? Surely, he won’t move the animals to a nearby fancy hotel? The cows would order grass in the restaurant; the pigs would splash in the pool; and the sheep would have a pillow fight. It could all just be… TOO MUCH FUN!

At a glance
Format
Paperback
Pages
40
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Picture
Lexile
~520L
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~3.4
F&P level
~N
Publication
Published
January 5, 2027
First published
August 14, 2025
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9798225077259

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