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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.
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Illustrated by
Elizabeth Sayles.
Three young nocturnal animals imagine playing with a full moon on a starry night. Spare text is set on double-page spreads while pastel and acrylic paintings allow for full views of the animals and the moon moving across the sky. The final image is a shadowy nighttime scene in which a young girl looks out her window at the night sky.