circa 1970 Children's Book - farm animals preparing for storm

[dabbler101]

My brothers and I have fond memories of book our parents read us to us in the early 80's (that's why I'm guessing it may have been published in the 70's, but I'm not sure - it may have even been earlier). I don't think it was much longer than 20-30 pages. I believe it was a hard cover, and if my memory serves me there was an illustration of red barn on the cover, with a rolling farm landscape surrounding it. I believe the book introduced the reader to a number of animals that lived on the farm, maybe even shared some simple information about what they did / what they ate, etc. Maybe in the middle some place it became clear that a big thunder storm was approaching, I remember the dark ominous thunder clouds more than anything else really. The story then was about all of the animals heading to their respective safe places to take cover for the storm and I recall it being fairly tense: I remember wondering would all the animals be safe? Like many children's stories, in the end the storm passed, the sun had come back out, and the animals began to come out of their safe places... I've tried many internet searches for this book, using key words and such, but have not had any luck. My brother Ben is turning 40 soon, and I'd love to be able to find this book and give it to him so that he could read it with his two children. If it sounds familiar, or you think you have a lead for me to chase, please share!
Thank you!

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[fred_mouse]

This sounds very familiar. I'll have a look on our shelves tomorrow, but I suspect we borrowed it from the library. You might have some luck talking to a children's librarian?

[fred_mouse]

I'm finding nothing. Which is frustrating, because I had hopes. Friends at work with the right age group kids didn't recognise it.

[dabbler101]

Thank you for looking into it nonetheless! Much appreciated.

[greendryad]

It could be a Little Golden Book with a gold spine. They were a major children's book publisher from 1942. There's bound to be a bibliography of Little Golden Books out there in the vast Internet, right?

[kinetikatrue]

Can't see what the first suggestion was, since it's screened, but my thought is that this might be 'Where Will All the Animals Go?', by Sharon Holaves, which doesn't have a red barn on the cover, though it does feature in the illustrations. And does have little bits about what the various animals around the farm are doing before everybody takes shelter from the storm (which also features memorably dark skies).

http://www.kathleendeady.com/GoldenBook-WhereWillAlltheAnimalsGoPage.htm
https://www.etsy.com/no-en/listing/639572690/where-the-all-the-animals-go-a-little

...I figure those posts with images will immediately strike a chord or not, so here's hoping!

[dabbler101]

YESSSSS!

Thanks so much KINETIKATRUE!!!

you were absolutely right the image on the cover stuck a huge chord...

Happy holidays to you!