Or How Chip Learnt an Important Lesson on the Farm or A Day in the Country or Hip Chip's Trip or Farmer Boy

Chip, a city dog, goes to visit his country cousins to learn all about farming.

Famed photographer William Wegman and his iconic Weimaraners are headed to the farm! City boy Chip has been invited by his cousins to visit them on the Old McKay Farm. Chip learns how to plant a garden, mow the grass, and milk a cow. But it is hard w

A collection of classic nursery rhymes illustrated with photographs of Weimaraner dogs portraying the storybook characters.

For use in schools and libraries only. Famed photographer William Wegman and his iconic Weimaraners are headed to the farm! City boy Chip has been invited by his cousins to visit them on the Old McKay Farm. Chip learns how to plant a garden, mow the grass, and milk a cow. But it is hard work! Chip is ready to head back to the city at the end of the day.

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