Giggle, Giggle, Quack
The crafty barnyard crew fromClick, Clack, Moo: Cows That  Typeis back, and this time Farmer Brown has decided to take a vacation.  But not to worry--he's leaving his brother Bob to mind the farm: "I wrote  everything down for you. Just follow my instructions and everything will be  fine. But keep an eye on Duck. He's trouble." Of course, fans of Doreen Cronin  and Betsy Lewin's last brilliant book already know to keep an eye on that  manipulative mallard. Now, wait a minute... what's Duck doing eyeing that  pencil?Poor Bob has no idea what he's in for, and Duck and friends have shrewdly seized  this chance to move on from collective bargaining to outright subterfuge: "Bob  gave Duck a good long stare and went inside. He read the first note: 'Tuesday  night is pizza night (not the frozen kind!). The hens prefer anchovies.'" Well,  seems like strange way to run a farm, but... "Twenty-nine minutes later there  was hot pizza in the barn." Giggle, giggle, quack, indeed.Clearly, Duck and his cow pals aren't the only ones around to have mastered the  pencil and the keyboard. Cronin and Lewin have put their talents to good use yet  again, offering up another simple but clever story fit for kids and grownups  alike. Lewin seems to snicker throughout her playful watercolors (gotta love  those monogrammed towels: "FB"), and Cronin has a ball with the animal cast and  their human patsy. (What do the cows pick on movie night? "The Sound of Moosic,"  of course. Giggle, giggle, moo.) (Ages 4 to 8)--Paul Hughes