Farmer Don’s Amazing Tree

About the Book

Farmer Don and Farmer Doris live on a farm with Maude the cow, their dozen sheep and their many chickens. Their orchard has six different types of fruit trees, but one amazing tree right in the middle is unlike anything anyone has every seen. People come from far and wide to see the tree and taste its ‘fruit’. Most people are satisfied with just a look and taste, but not everyone. How will Farmer Don and his farm animals save the amazing tree when it is in danger? Farmer Don’s Amazing Tree is the first in a series of children’s books that stretches the imagination. Combining elements of fantasy and real life, the book is written and illustrated by the author. Leah Kats has combined her love for words and writing with her artistic ability to produce a story that highlights for its readers values such as family, work, serving others, giving, honesty, country life, food, team work and community. Leah uses techniques such as repetition, alliteration and onomatopoeia to bring the story to life in both words and sounds. This helps children to appreciate and develop their English skills. Farmer Don’s Amazing Tree concludes with suggested activities that encourage children to further explore the text, specific words and techniques used, themes explored, and the world around them, and to create their own texts. This adds a new dimension to the story and extends the experience for them.

About the Author

Leah Kats is a mother and teacher who lives in a country town of South Australia, Australia. She has taught children of all ages and enjoys encouraging them to discover, develop and use their abilities and gifts and to find joy in life and courage for the future. Leah began writing children’s stories when her son was very young. Farmer Don’s Amazing Tree is one of the first stories and began with her son’s suggestion about the ‘amazing tree’ whose fruit was unlike any other. Farmer Don’s Amazing Tree is just the first story about Farmer Don and his wife Farmer Doris.