Old Mikamba Had a Farm Cover:Hardcover Notable Children’s Book in the

Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts (NCTE)

Paul Robeson

2009 Silver Birch Award

No matter what the cost

“Moving and resonant

Old Mikamba Had a Farm Cover:Hardcover Notable Children’s Book in theThis fabulous version of the classic nursery song Old MacDonald introduces children to a menagerie of African animals and their sounds. It is beautifully illustrated by Caldecott Honor winner Rachel Isadora, with her signature collage style artwork. Old Mikamba had a farm, E I E I O. And on this farm he had . . . a giraffe, a baboon, and an elephant! Meet Old Mikamba, who watches over a wide variety of animals on his game farm in the plains of Africa.