Title: Thump, Quack, Moo: A whacky adventure
Author: Doreen Cronin
Illustrator: Betsy Lewin
Publisher: Scholastic
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Publication Date: 2008
Genre: Picture Book
Audience: Gr. PreK-2
Overview: Farmer Brown rallies his farm animals to prepare the farm for the annual Corn Maze Festival. The chickens build fences, the cows paint, the mice become meteorologists to check the weather, and Farmer Brown convinces Duck to help too. All of the animals and Farmer Brown work very hard to prepare a corn maze, except for Duck, who seems to be planning something of his own. When the preparations are complete, Farmer Brown and Duck fly in a hot air balloon to see their work from above. When the balloon gets into the sky, Farmer Brown sees what Duck has been planning. The corn maze is in the shape of a duck! Duck jumps out of the balloon wearing a parachute, very excited with his work, while Farmer Brown fumes above.
Activity: There is plenty of imagination present in this story, so it could be interesting to have the students add their own parts to this book by creating their own illustrations where additional farm animals put in work to help around the farm for the festival.
Reviewer’s Name: Zack Zajaczkowski
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