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Duck and his barnyard friends are up to something. One by one we meet them, and then hear their familiar sounds.nbsp; But that Duck always has the last QUACK! In close-up images, the animals seem to be climbing upon each other. At the very end, we see the hilarious finale. Young readers will delight in making the animal sounds, noticing the funny expressions, and picking out surprising details in the illustrations.
Author Notes
NADIA KRILANOVICH has worked as an artist, dance instructor, and vocalist. She loves going on adventures, spending time with her family, and hiking with her dog, Cleo. The idea for Chicken, Chicken, Duck! came to her as a chant as she walked along rural country roads, past farms with llamas, cows, and sheep.nbsp; "The words sounded like the game 'Duck, Duck, Goose,' minus the goose but with some chickens," she says. This is Nadia's second book for children.
Reviews (5)
Publisher's Weekly Review
"Chicken Chicken Duck/ Goat Sheep Llama/ maa maa baa baa snuffle cluck/ QUACK!" A feisty white duck coordinates an impressive stunt amid lots of barnyard noise in Krilanovich's rhythmic book for very young readers. Paintings of the duck with outstretched wings suggest her cheerleader role directing a flock of chickens, a cat, a dog, and assorted other barnyard animals as they prepare to form a Flying Wallendas-style pyramid. The animals appear in tight closeup against clean white pages; they'd look clinical if not for their obvious excitement, the intensity of their interactions, and the painterly attention Krilanovich (Moon Child) devotes to their feathers, whiskers, black noses, and furry tails. The final arrangement, shown in a vertical spread, is a thing of beauty, the chickens perched symmetrically on the back of a retriever, who in turn stands poised on the back of a goat, and so on all the way down: there's even an egg positioned carefully in the middle. Especially pleasing is the idea that there's no audience for the animals' acrobatics-it's just for the joy of it. Ages 1-4. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Horn Book Review
With a few "QUACKS!" a bossy duck directs other farm animals in a sort of game; the creatures form a carefully balanced pyramid--duck on top--by story's end. The spare text consists mostly of animal names and sounds. Lively, expressive acrylic illustrations showing just the animals and plenty of white space will hold preschoolers' attention as they moo and cluck right along. (c) Copyright 2011. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
It may not be clear, at first, what the animals are up to in this barnyard adventure. With each turn of the page, though, it becomes increasingly apparent that they are creating a critter pyramid, which, in the end, will require a turn of the book to get a complete view. The animated acrylic pictures set the expressive animals against open, white space, while the 49 words of basic vocabulary just the names of the common animals and their sounds have a consistent rhythm and structure: Chicken, chicken, duck / Goat, sheep, llama / Maa maa, baa baa, snuffle, cluck. A boisterous QUACK! happily culminates each stanza, and when paired with stack (describing the animal friends' vertical tower), it provides the text's only rhyme. That fact, though, doesn't diminish this book's joyful energy, pleasing beat, and early-childhood charm. The only missing word is again!, but that is sure to be provided by the audience.--Medlar, Andrew Copyright 2010 Booklist
School Library Journal Review
PreS-K-Simple words and pictures tell the story of a barnyard pileup: "Chicken Chicken Duck/Goat Sheep Llama/maa maa baa baa snuffle cluck/QUACK!" On stark white backgrounds, animals rendered in rich acrylics jump startlingly off the pages and out of the borders. The page layouts tend to feel a little awkward, and there is general confusion throughout, making unclear what all this rhythmic animal identification and onomatopoeia are leading up to until the very end when all of the creatures are shown in a pyramid. An additional purchase for sharing sounds, rhythm, and silliness with young children.-Julie Roach, Cambridge Public Library, MA (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Who can control six chickens, a goat, a llama, a cow, a dog and a whole host of other barnyard animals? One loud-mouthed duck, that's who. In a simple chant inspired by "Duck, Duck, Goose," but more reminiscent of playground jump-rope rhythms, Krilanovich bops along through the farm, naming animals and their corresponding soundsalways ending with a great, big "Quack!" from Duck. "Chicken / Chicken / Duck / Horse / Pig / Cow / neigh neigh / grunt grunt / moo / cluck / QUACK!"children will be chanting along by the end of the first reading. Textured acrylic brushstrokes set against a stark, white backdrop pulls the focus toward each individual animal as they leap and kick across the page, sometimes perched in precarious positionsthe goat poses balletically atop the llama, and it looks as though the sheep is going to climb up there, too. The beady, mischievous eyes of the chickens hint that something silly is going on at the farm. But what? All comes clear in the penultimate spread, which will require that the book be rotated 90 degrees for full appreciation. For the youngest set, a basic introduction to barnyard animals; for emergent readers, a repetition-filled romp; for all, sheer fun.(Picture book. 2-5)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
