Thump Quack, Moo

Title: Thump Quack, Moo

Author: Doreen Cronin

Publishing Information: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Number of Pages: 29

Genre: Picture book

Summary: Farmer Brown is designing a Statue of Liberty Corn Maze. He is trying to make is property look good. He lets the chickens use hammers, he lets the cow use paint and he let duck build a ticket booth. While the mice watch the weather. Farmer Brown plans out his corn maze perfectly. He works on it all day and is getting really excited. Turns out the chickens don't know how to use hammers and the cows can't be trusted with paint. He doesn't care. He climbs in to a hot air balloon to see his master piece. Come to find out that after Farmer Brown went to bed Duck would go out and change the Statue of Liberty to look like him. Farmer Brown was not happy.

Reaction to the book: That duck is crazy! What a funny book and will the farmer ever realize how much trouble duck is. This is a funny book full of adventure for duck at least. This was a fun book full of good facial drawing on the characters so you can catch what they are really feeling just by looking at them.

Problems : NONE

Recommendations: For those who love to be sneaky. For those that find it fun to play jokes on other people. For those that are interested in farms and the different animals that live there. This book is a fun easy read that many children will enjoy following duck on his plan to make Farmer Brown unhappy.