The Farmer's Pajamas

It’s mayhem on the farm when the farmer can’t find her pajamas in this rhyming, rollicking read-aloud sure to delight every child who has ever had a favorite comfort object.

There are plenty of chores on the farm, and the farmer has the routine down to a science. When she’s done at the end of the day, her reward is a cozy pair of pajamas and a good night’s sleep. But today, and the next day, and the next, the farmer’s favorite pajamas go missing, and she can’t sleep a wink. What can go wrong? Everything! As comical chaos escalates—milking the horse! Piglets in the coop! Feeding the chickens a scooper of poop!—the concerned farmyard creatures organize a four-footed search party to help the exhausted farmer. Can they find what she needs? Told with bright, expressive artwork and a bouncy sing-song text, this hilarious comedy of errors will have little listeners in fits of giggles and calling for repeat farmyard visits.This story would be perfect for children learning about farms or agriculture. In addition, students learning about rhymes will enjoy the story. . . . the story is certain to be enjoyed by animal lovers who won’t want to put it out to pasture.
—School Library Journal

Jumbled hijinks that will inspire chuckles galore.
—Kirkus ReviewsRuth Paul, the creator of Hatch and Match: A Springtime Seek-and-Find Book, Red Panda’s Candy Apples, and Hedgehog’s Magic Tricks, is an award-winning writer and illustrator of picture books and a New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate. She has twice won the Picture Book Award at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Ruth Paul is also a champion of her local community of Makara, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, where she lives and looks after a large native forest project.