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Duck, duck, goose . . .
A coyote's on the loose!
Goose, goose, pig . . .
And he's really, really big!
Follow a gang of wacky farm animals as they run from a...well, they aren't quite sure what it is, but it be a coyote. Karen Beaumont's cumulative verse and Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey's brilliant illustrations will have readers laughing all the way to the surprise ending.
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-It's on the loose. It's really big and it might be a coyote. The rhyming verses build to a crescendo as different farm animals flee from a mysterious creature, which, except for its eyes, is concealed by a pile of leaves. The illustrations alternate between close-ups of each startled beast, scenes showing all of them running for safety in a frightened mass, and views of their mysterious pursuer. The contagion of fear from the unidentified threat grows with the building intensity of an impending rainstorm, tugging readers along to a dramatic climax-and a surprise ending. Aruego and Dewey use bold paints as varied as a child's imagination to color their comically rendered farmyard animals. A suspenseful romp that will strike a chord with children.-Mary Elam, Forman Elementary School, Plano, TX (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
Farm animals are sure they are being stalked by a coyote but discover that it is only a rabbit that wants to play with them. This simple rhyming story has just the right amount of tension for story hours. Aruego and Dewey's colorful, rounded illustrations of purple cow and bright blue goat make the story more silly than scary. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
There is a good blend of musicality, movement, and suspense--all pegged for the preschooler's ear--in this cumulative rhyme-along from Beaumont. Duck, duck, goose convince themselves that there is a coyote on the loose when they discern a pair of eyes peering from beneath a moving pile of twigs, leaves, and muck. Duck and goose hare off to warn the other members of the farmyard community. "Goose, goose, pig . . . / And he's really, really big! / Pig, pig, pup . . . / He is going to eat us up!" One and all are alerted, a great cast of creatures, all dolled up in party colors and with looks of alarm washing across their pusses, courtesy of Aruego and Dewey's sharp, comical artwork. The mobile compost heap turns out to harbor a rabbit, who strikes the only bland note in the scramble: "I just want you to play with me!" Why mewl? "Gotcha!" is what those scaredy-cats deserve. (Picture book. 3-6) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
PreS-Gr. 1. When a dirt-and-stick-covered blob emerges from a mucky mud puddle and starts following nearby farm animals around, they jump to an upsetting conclusion: Duck, duck, goose . . . / A coyote's on the loose! / Goose, goose, pig . . . / And he's really, really big! From duck to goose, goose to pig, pig to pup, and so on, news of the prowler spreads in chanting verses that echo the familiar playtime game. Though fairly wispy, the plot of this read-aloud will hold up under repeat performances; the first time through, kids will enjoy the surprise of the coyote's true identity (a bunny in need of a bath); the second time, they'll chuckle over the animals' silly paranoia. Veteran illustrators Aruego and Dewey, whose stock-in-trade is chipper, cartoonlike artwork for preschoolers, capture the story's humor with their startled-looking, amorphously shaped barnyard animals. --Jennifer Mattson Copyright 2004 Booklist
