Synopses & Reviews
As Farmer Brown surveys his near-perfect farm, the air is filled with sounds: a purring cat, a snoring hound, a bossy little rooster who crows cock-a-doodle-doodle-doo. But suddenly... lightning flashed, the air was humming. "Look out!" he cried, "a twister's coming!" Before he knows it, "clouds of sheep whirled through the air,k the clothesline chased the goat and mare until each one had on a pair of Farmer Brown's plain underwear!" But this is only the beginning. For when the wind stops and drops everyone back to earth, the farmer's cows oink, his pigs moo, his sheep cluck, the cat coos, and worst of all, when Farmer Brown tries to shout -- only cock-a-doodle-doodle-doo comes out! How Farmer Brown and his animals get their voices back will have young readers laughing out loud, eager to chime in on the mixed-up animal sounds and rollicking refrains. An irresistible read-aloud with funny hijinks from start to finish!
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Young listeners, who already know how to oink and moo appropriately, will have a field day mixing it up with Farmer Brown's twistered farm. (Horn Book Magazine, March/April 99)
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This rhythmic narration will make for a lively read-aloud. Pair it with Bernard Most's Cock-a-Doodle-Moo! And score a 10 on the storytime giggle meter. (School Library Journal, April 99)
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This rhyming story will delight young children... humorous illustrations make this a fun read! (Dallas Child, November 1999)
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Vibrant illustrations and playful rhyming textÖ (Toledo Blade)
About the Author
Teri Sloat lives with the sounds from her own pasture, as well as the sounds of the neighbor's chickens, goats, pigeons, sheep, and dairy cows. She is the author of several books, including The Thing That Bothered Farmer Brown, also illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott. It was selected as an ABA Pick of the Lists and praised by School Library Journal, which said, "Farmer Brown's battle with a mosquito is told in toe-tapping verse.... This one hums right along with the best of them. A rousing story-hour offering that's frivolous and fun." Ms. Sloat lives in Sebastopol, California. Nadine Bernard Westcott is no stranger to animal sounds either--she's lived with almost every animal in this book. Her funny pictures can be found in countless popular children's books, including Never Take a Pig to Lunch and Other Poems About the Fun of Eating, an ABA Pick of the Lists, as well as Ann Whitford Paul's Hello Toes! Hello Feet!, which School Library Journal called "sheer fun, pure and simple." Ms. Westcott lives on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts.