The Farmer's Pajamas: A Bedtime Barnyard Mix-Up

It’s mayhem on the farm when the farmer can’t find her pajamas in this rhyming, rollicking read-aloud sure to delight every child who has ever had a favorite comfort object.

There are plenty of chores on the farm, and the farmer has the routine down to a science. When she’s done at the end of the day, her reward is a cozy pair of pajamas and a good night’s sleep. But today, and the next day, and the next, the farmer’s favorite pajamas go missing, and she can’t sleep a wink. What can go wrong? Everything! As comical chaos escalates—milking the horse! Piglets in the coop! Feeding the chickens a scooper of poop!—the concerned farmyard creatures organize a four-footed search party to help the exhausted farmer. Can they find what she needs? Told with bright, expressive artwork and a bouncy sing-song text, this hilarious comedy of errors will have little listeners in fits of giggles and calling for repeat farmyard visits.

Publisher: Candlewick
Published: 5/26/2026
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Size / Weight: 10.9 in H | 9.4 in W | 0.4 in T | 0.9 lb Wt
ISBN: 9781536250282


About the Author

Ruth Paul, the creator of Hatch and Match: A Springtime Seek-and-Find Book , Red Panda’s Candy Apples , and Hedgehog’s Magic Tricks , is an award-winning writer and illustrator of picture books and a New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate. She has twice won the Picture Book Award at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Ruth Paul is also a champion of her local community of Makara, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, where she lives and looks after a large native forest project.

Author Residence: Australia

Illustrator Residence:Australia