"When Daisy the duckling and her little brother, Pip, visit Grandpa on his farm, he tells them about a mysterious "Beastie." Daisy and Pip search the chicken coop, the pigsty, and even the orchard, but they cannot find the Beastie anywhere. Then they hear "Eeooow!" coming from the shed. Could it be the Beastie? Filled with fun barnyard sounds, this read-aloud story has a reassuring end."
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Pip, the little brother Daisy helped hatch in Daisy and the Egg (a companion to the acclaimed Come Along, Daisy), achieves sidekick status in this charming follow-up. Simmons leaves the marshes for a barnyard backdrop. When the ducklings' grandpa tells a story about a "Beastie" that was never found, intrepid Daisy goes in search of the creature, and Pip compliantly trails behind. As they check the henhouse, cow pens and pigsty, little Pip repeats the "cheep" of the chicks and the "wee" of the piglets. Simmons's fluidly paced text uses familiar sounds and varies the word pattern only slightly as the feathered siblings make their rounds, allowing youngsters to join in the chorus. Images of Daisy striding off purposefully on her oversize feet, with her head eagerly stretched forward solidly, establish her confident character. Daisy and Pip look adorably tiny peering up through the fence slats at their larger neighbors. What they first mistake for the "beastie" in the dark shed turns out to be a litter of kittens, who, looking patently nonthreatening by the light of day, join the ducklings in play. Enterprising Daisy adapts readily to the role of big sister, and she's a natural leader; readers will follow her anywhere. Ages 3-7. (Mar.)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Daisy and her baby brother Pip return in this companion story to Come Along, Daisy! (1998) and Daisy and the Egg (1999, both Little, Brown). When Grandpa Duck falls asleep after telling the ducklings their favorite story about a mysterious "Beastie," they decide to explore the farmyard in search of it. Simmons's illustrations utilize a warm palette of colors that breathe life into the scenes. Daisy is especially lifelike, full of personality and inquisitive expressions. The colors effectively darken when the siblings peer into a shadowed shed after hearing an unfamiliar noise. The coloring gets darker still as the two creep inside to investigate. A wonderful azure-blue double-page spread has a wide-eyed Daisy and cowering Pip on one page, and the sound "-EEOOOW!" on the other, perfectly capturing the suspense of the moment when they locate the Beastie. Running out of the shed and into the safety of both sunny daylight and Grandpa, they realize that the monster is in fact three little kittens and their mother. "Grandpa laughed-and Daisy and Pip played with the kitten beasties all day long." Youngsters will laugh along with this first-rate storytime romp.
Lisa Gangemi Krapp, Rockville Centre Public Library, NY
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Lisa Gangemi Krapp, Rockville Centre Public Library, NY
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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My 2-year-old daughter loves this book and asks to have it read again and again. As Daisy leads Pip through the farmyard in search of the Beastie, this book teaches little readers about farm animals and the sounds they make. My daughter loves Daisy's curious wanderings and the suspenseful loud rumblings of the Beastie. The illustrations are very beautiful.
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This is a really cute book. My granddaughter loves ducks, so this was perfect for her mom to read to her at bedtime!
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Grandpa was just finishing Daisy's favorite story. Read the first page New!
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- Developing Language and Literacy with Young Children by Marian R Whitehead on page 50
- Come Along, Daisy! by Jane Simmons in Front Matter
- Daisy and the Egg by Jane Simmons in Front Matter
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