Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #610768 in Books
• Published on: 2004-01-22
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .41" h x 11.34" w x 8.84" l, .85 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 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
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From Booklist
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
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About the Author

Karen Beaumont is the New York Times best-selling author of I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More!; Shoe-la-la!; Who Ate All the Cookie Dough?; Doggone Dogs!; and many other award-winning children’s books. She lives in Capitola, California.