Country Fair by Gail Gibbons is a
third person description of a country fair. Each page shows scenes with text
that captions the action. The illustrations are pleasing. They show amusement
rides, contests, live music, and demonstrations. Families smile while they buy
food, play games at vendor booths, and gaze at vegetables, homemade sweets, and
bouquets of flowers. Fireworks light the night sky at the end of the day. This
is a pleasant book that gives a birds-eye view of a day in the
country. To me, it feels distant from the festivities. There’s no main character
to draw us into the excitement. It could be a nice book to read in preparation
for an excursion to a country fair.
