"Farmer Fred never smiled much. He wasn't a sad fellow, just very serious. 'Farmin' is serious business,' he'd say.

Author/Illustrator: Tim Egan
Format: Hardcover
Published: Houghton Mifflin, 2003

"Farmer Fred never smiled much. He wasn't a sad fellow, just very serious. 'Farmin' is serious business,' he'd say. 'Nothing funny about corn.'" As a result, the farm animals were also very serious. "The pigs, the cows, the horses, the chickens, the rabbit, the sheep. All extremely serious." But one day they decide to lighten the place up a little. Kids (and adults) will be giggling and then guffawing at the seriously silly antics of the newly jovial farm animals who struggle to make Farmer Fred laugh.