The Wonderful Farm

by Marcel Aymé

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Marinette and Delphine live with their parents on an enchanted farm where all the animals talk.

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"Two real little girls enter into magical adventures with talking animals of their farm and the nearby woods. Children will enjoy the trickery of the animals and the girls' mischievous behaviour."—SLJ. "Unusually delightful (stories with a French setting originally published in 1951)."—H (

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LynneQuan | Jul 11, 2024 |

Two little sisters live with their parents on a magical farm, where the animals can talk and other things magical happen.
Meh. This one hasn't aged well, I think. (

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electrascaife | Nov 28, 2018 |

A charming collection of stories about two little French girls and the taking animals on their farm.

Salsabrarian | Feb 2, 2016 |

The farm is a wonderful farm. It’s a regular farm except that the animals can talk and mysterious things happen. Each chapter is another wonderful adventure, and it’s quite delightful. (

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debnance | Mar 21, 2015 |

Comme le loup protestait de ses bonnes intentions, elle lui jeta par le nez : —Et l'agneau, alors?... Oui, l'agneau que vous avez mangé ? Le loup n'en fut pas démonté. —L'agneau que j'ai mangé, dit-il. Lequel ? —Comment? vous en avez donc mangé plu-sieurs ! s'écria Delphine. Eh bien ! C'est du joli ! —Mais naturellement que j'en ai mangé plu-sieurs. Je ne vois pas où est le mal... Vous en mangez bien, vous !

PierreYvesMERCIER | Feb 19, 2012 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Aymé, Marcel	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Sendak, Maurice	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Gallimard, Folio (343, 6370)

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A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (1952)

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1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up (2009.0197, 2009, Ages 5↑)

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The Wonderful Farm

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Les contes du chat perché

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1934-1946

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Les versions anglaises ne comportent que 12 contes du chat perché présentés en 2 volumes : The Wonderful Farm et The Magic Pictures (US) ou The Wonderful Farm et Return to the Wonderful Farm (UK)

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