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Otis was a happy tractor who loved his job helping on the farm, and enjoyed his after-hours occupations - riding the rolling hills, exploring the Mud Pond, playing leapfrog with bales of hay - as well. When the farmer brings a beautiful baby calf home with him, Otis finds a friend and companion as well, and his happiness is complete. But then Otis is replaced by a shiny new yellow tractor - the latest model - and parked out of sight, behind the barn. Sinking deeper and deeper into dejection, Oti...
Cute illustrations can't save a too long book with too many plots.The tractor and the cow are friends! Oh no, here comes a new tractor! Oh, the farmer wants to put the cow in the beauty contest! Oh no, the cow is caught in the mud! The cow is afraid of new tractor! Old tractor saves cow! Cow doesn't need beauty contest! Blah, blah, blah. Who is this book for, exactly?Too many ideas muddle what could have been a sweet little title.
A sweet story about the comfort an old, caring tractor brings to a lonely calf and the friendship that blooms between them. This seems like such a classic story and the illustrations had a timeless feel to them that I simply loved! The text was fairly predictable, but the story was told with warmth and tenderness (in both words and illustrations) and I couldn't help but be touched by the story.
A sweet story about an unusual friendship. Readers didn’t quite get how the great rescue happens — why does going in a circle get the calf out of the mud?
Personal response- I read this book to my 5 year old sister and she really enjoyed it. When I asked her what her favorite part was she responded with, "I liked the part where Otis gets the cow out of the puddle." When asked about her least favorite part she said," I didn't like when the yellow tractor took Otis' spot." Overall she really enjoyed the book.Plot- In this story it begins with Otis, a tractor, working around the farm and being very helpful. Everyone loves his putt, putt, putt sounds
OtisBy Loren Long1. Otis Is the story about an old tractor named Otis. He and his framer take care of the fields all day. At the end of the day Otis goes out and plays near the mud pond, jumps over bales of hay, and sits under the apple tree watching his farm. One day a little calf shows up and befriends Otis, they become best friends until the day the farmer buys a new tractor. Otis gets moved out of the barn and the calf gets sad. The farmer wants to enter the calf in a contest but cannot find...
This is a wonderful story about a little tractor who finds a way to be relevant, even after being replaced by a bigger, shinier, and newer tractor. The illustrations are great and complement the story very nicely. We read the next book, Otis and the Tornado first, and then discovered this one. We really enjoyed reading both of them and would like to read more about this plucky little tractor.
This book was on the Golden Sower Nominee 2011-2012 list. This book is geared toward prek- 2nd grade children. The main characters in the story are a tractor and a calf, so younger children will find the characters to be more believable.
Very sweet story of a tractor who befriends a calf. Sweet illustrations.
Just for fun. Replace "Otis" with "Wesley" while you read.
Otis is a hard working tractor that works all the days, but also knows how to have fun at the end of the day. After his day in the fields, we follow Otis through his adventures around the farm as he would be having fun. One of his favorite things is to sit under the apple tree and overlook the farm as the sun set. One day, the farm buys a little calf who is alone and scared, but the puffs of Otis settle the little baby. The calf follows him through work and all throughout his adventures, becomin...
This was a really sweet book about a tractor and a little calf who become friends. I picked up a copy of this at a resale shop with my little nephew in mind. I am so glad I spent the twenty-five cents on it, because he wants me to read it to him all the time now. It is his absolute favorite. It is not a christian book per se, but it is a clean, sweet book about the importance of friendship.
Otis brings an interesting character to the picture book world - an old tractor on a farm. I teach in a suburban district, but in an area where a lot of people in our building come from rural homes. My principal runs a farm, and he has shared this one with students as his favorite tale for the last couple of years. It's a touching story, and beautifully illustrated. It's amazing how creative children's authors and illustrators can be around the theme of friendship.
Probably the most beautiful and well-written picture of the decade, hands down. Loren Long has brought back the wistful joy of children's books from long ago, in the style of Virginia Lee Burton. This enchanting tale of friendship between a calf and a small red tractor touches your heart, as you feel yourself transported to another time where no one was in a rush, and you could take in the beauty of nature around you at your leisure. Otis the Tractor traipses through the fields with his friend t...
Otis is a spunky little tractor and seems to have all those on the farm working effectively. When he is not helping the farmer, Otis plays with the animals and builds strong relationship with them. When a new calf becomes his neighbour in barn, Otis is overjoyed and adds the young one to his regular fun and games. However, the farmer chooses to replace Otis with a large tractor, sending Otis out back to live among the growing weeds. When the calf gets into trouble, only Otis can help, but will i...
4.5 STARS. I so wanted to love this book and think maybe I placed my expectations too high since I'd been desperately wanting to read it ever since I saw it in a bookstore before Christmas. In the end, by the time I read my library copy, I really, really liked it but it lacked that extra "something" to make it really a standout in my mind. Even so, I highly recommend it! Long's inspiration is from classic children's books such as The Story of Ferdinand and Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (whi...
I have a love / hate relationship with this book.I love that my kid loves to so much he instantly stops crying to pay attention. I hate that he makes me read it 3-6 times in a row and have to hide it from him.
Otis Took part in the We Give Books read a thon this afternoon. Everyone, everywhere read Otis with the hopes of breaking a record which I do not yet know the results.Did love this story though of a little tractor and a little calf who become best friends. Love the message that sometimes things, in this case a tractor, cannot be replaced by the new and more modern, because it has benefits all it's own. Will buy this book for my tractor loving three year old grandson, Jake.
Cute story for kids who can't get enough of tractor stories. This would make a nice alternative for parents who are sick of the endless line of Thomas the Tank Engine books.
a little cute tractor who happens to be not like any other.