From Publishers Weekly
Giles Andraea and David Wojtowycz, the team behind Rumble in the Jungle and Commotion in the Ocean, now focus on farm animals in Cock-a-Doodle-Doo! Barnyard Hullabaloo.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-K-This bright, inviting book introduces a farm's inhabitants. The first spread shows the barnyard from outside the fence, with all the animals that live inside. Then, the pigs, donkey, ducks, and geese and others all introduce themselves through a lively, rhyming, first-person verse and an illustration full of movement and color. The visit ends as night falls, but not before readers meet the nighttime animals. A final two-page spread takes children back outside the fence as the rural denizens go to sleep and the fox sneaks off to hunt prey. Sound words are scattered on some of the pages, a device that might prove somewhat confusing to very young listeners. "Wag! Wag!" appears next to the dog's tail, rather than the sound the animal makes. "Wriggle" and "snuffle" appear for the pigs even though every three-year-old knows a pig says, "oink." And geese are supposed to "honk," not "cackle" or "squawk." Still, these are minor flaws that do not overwhelm the book's many virtues. It has a lively read-aloud text and the clearly drawn, easily identified animals are filled with personality.
Jane Marino, Scarsdale Public Library, NY Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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