Little Joe

Posted by Anuva in DogEared on April 15, 2011
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BOOK NAME: Little Joe
AUTHOR: Sandra Neil Wallace

Have you ever wondered what it is like growing up on a farm? Little Joe by Sandra Neil Wallace is a realistic fiction book about life on a farm. It shows how love and affection towards an animal will make the animal love back.

Eli Stegner is a young boy who is growing up on the Stegner farm. He gets his first calf which he names Little Joe. Everyday, Eli gets closer to Little Joe, his big black calf. Caring and compassionate Eli teaches Little Joe to follow his directions and helps Little Joe when he has to part with his mother, Fancy. Soon, Eli, along with Grandpa’s help, starts preparing Little Joe for the annual Country Fair. This is where everyone shows their animals in the show ring and the owner of the meatiest calf wins a blue ribbon. Eli’s big dream is for Little Joe and him to win the blue ribbon and he has high hopes on it.

I would definitely recommend this book for others to read. The book sets a lively mood. The story is simple to follow and is filled with fun moments. There are lots of details about calves and how to raise them. At the front of the book there is a labeled diagram of a cow’s body parts which I would refer to while reading the book. My favorite part in this book is the “Big Night” when Eli and Grandpa see so many amphibians coming out of hibernation.

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Comments

  1. PurpleDragonWarrior
    April 15, 2011, 11:59 am

    Awww! It sounds adorable!

    One book that sounds like this is

    Laura Ingalls Wilder’s ‘Farmer Boy’

    Which is about her husband Almanzo Wilder’s childhood.

    It’s stories like this that make me want to join a 4H club!

    Woo To The Hoo (My favorite phrase!),

    PDW

  2. jindo2108
    April 15, 2011, 12:27 pm

    Looks interesting…..I’m not a huge fan of realistic fiction, but it looks sorta cool, so I think I might try it. Thanks Anuva!
    I finished Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life. It’s an awesome book! I read half of it last summer for book of the month…..but I never finished it. 2white, I should have taken your suggestion to read it a long time ago:).

    Does anyone know of a good fantasy series or book? I’m lookin’ for one.

  3. PurpleDragonWarrior
    April 15, 2011, 2:52 pm

    K Jindo, You’ve got to read these:

    Enders Game

    The Girl Who Could Fly

    H.I.V.E (The entire series)

    The Shadow Children Series by Margret Peterson Haddix

    The Dear America Series

    Billions And Billions By Carl Sagen

    The Secret Garden (No really, its a lot better than you would think it would be)

    Found and Sent by Margret Peterson Haddix (Those are two different books)

    Ramona The Brave, Ramona The Pest, By Beverly Cleary

    The Mouse and The Motorcycle By Beverly Cleary

    Those are all I can think of for now, i’ll be back with more later! :)

    PDW stands for Pony Daring to Wish,

    PDW

  4. escape2books
    April 15, 2011, 3:11 pm

    This book does not fall into my personall taste, or has a plot that I am interested in. I am sure that this is a good book, but I am not interested in farm life.

    PDW, Have you read “These Happy Golden Years”? It is by Laura Ingalls Wilder, about when she met Almanzo. (It is nothing like the old “Little House on the Prairie” TV series. They changed everythere on it. How sad…)

  5. sembalion
    April 15, 2011, 4:48 pm

    same with escape.anyway,jindo:
    i dont have a fav. cat,(i only read book one,book 22,and anouther about firestar saving skyclan.sorry.)anyway,i think its not wrong to say what you belive.(just a hint,none of you will convince me that apes are humans,or visa verasa)

    and,thunder is favorite clan

  6. BookLover2011
    April 18, 2011, 1:50 pm

    Does anyone know a really cool book i could read i am really bored and i really need a BOOK im dieing!!!!!!!!
    HELP:’(
    PLZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!

  7. missyp78910
    April 18, 2011, 10:42 pm

    I would normally love this book,but i used to have a really mean bus driver named joe,so now i dont like anyone named joe

  8. ballerinagirl
    April 19, 2011, 10:52 am

    this sems al right um it sounds like charlottes web not particularly exciting . but thanks for the review i enjoyed it. :)

  9. missyp78910
    April 20, 2011, 3:29 pm

    GASP!!You dont like charlottes web?

  10. gir@ffe
    April 21, 2011, 8:25 am

    sounds cute! ill try it!

  11. SadieKane
    April 23, 2011, 7:42 pm

    i’m sorry, but this isn’t really my sort of book. Sorry again :( OH MY GOD THE NEW DOCTOR WHO SERIES CAME OUT TODAY!!!!!!! AHHHHHHH!!!!!(series 6)
    -for those of you who do not know doctor who, its a telly program, i believe (if you live in america) you’ll find on BBC America. Its a show we brits pride ourselves with filled with cute sound effects and a brilliant, witty, and clever alien (a Time Lord) called the Doctor. Its absolutely brilliant! If you know this show, do think David Tennant or Matt Smith is a better actor for the doctor?

  12. ballerinagirl
    April 25, 2011, 9:38 am

    the girl who could fly is awsome as ive said before i agree with you PDW dear america series wass awssome one of my fav. series of all times, i used to read ramona and beverly cleary books all the time and i still agree there great. and thats funny about the pony daring to wish . its cute

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