A Farmer's Life for Me - Paperback

by Jan Dobbins (Author), Laura Huliska-Beith (Illustrator), The Flannery Brothers (Performed by)

A busy family and their friends spend a day working and playing on the farm. From milking the cows in the morning to closing the gate at night, learn about a day in the life of a farming family. Includes educational endnotes on farming. QR code includes video animation and audio singalong.

Author Biography

Jan Dobbins is a specialist in music education for young children. A songwriter and composer, she runs creative children's workshops focusing on instrumental music, art and drama. She is also an instrumental teacher and former head of music for schools in North Somerset, England, and has written a successful tutor book series for violin, viola and cello.

Laura Huliska-Beith earned her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute, where she currently teaches as an adjunct instructor. She works primarily as a freelance illustrator in her attic studio, commuting on a chair between her painting table and her computer station, which she uses to complete her illustrations.

The Flannery Brothers started as a family band with five-year-old Dan on piano and nine-year-old Mike on guitar. Dan, who earned his master's degree in Early Childhood Development, teaches in Brunswick, Maine, USA, while Mike continues to follow his passion for music as a producer in New York City, USA.