About the Author

Nicola Davies has a degree in zoology and is the author of many nonfiction books for young readers, including,Poop and Just the Right Size, both illustrated by Neal Layton, and Gaia Warriors. The Silver Street Farm stories mark her short-fiction series debut. Nicola Davies lives in Wales.

Katharine McEwen has illustrated more than twenty-five books, including Allan Ahlberg’s The Children Who Smelled a Rat and Phyllis Root’s Here Comes Tabby Cat and Hey, Tabby Cat! Katharine McEwen lives in England.

Reviews

With kids actively seeking to better their city as a focal point, Davies has begun an amusing romp of a series. Clever children and supportive adults come together in this clever chapter book that will spark the imaginations of the target audience.
—Booklist

Young activists will be inspired and entertained by these three animal-loving friends and their supportive community.
—Kirkus Reviews

This first entry in a series is going to please a lot of animal-loving primary-schoolers.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Gr 2-3-As preschoolers, three children decided that they wanted to have a farm in the middle of their city. They get to make that dream a reality on their last day of elementary school. By chance, they end up with sheep and ducks of their very own with no place to keep them-except for an abandoned lot. Now if only they can convince city officials to let them have the lot for their farm instead of building another parking garage, everything should work out fine. Animal lovers will enjoy the sections that involve the sheep and ducks, but the story line in this early chapter book is completely far-fetched, the animals don't have a strong enough presence, and the characters are not well developed. When the bad guy is defeated, it comes about in an anticlimactic way, making the ending feel rushed. The occasional black-and-white drawings are amusing.-Elizabeth Swistock, Orange County Public Library, VA (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.