Cock-a-Doodle-Oops!
"As in her prizewinning light verse for1 Zany Zoo(illustrated by Colin Jack, 2010), the author displays a gift for rhymes and language that is clever rather than forced." -Kirkus ReviewsIn this humorous early reader-style story, farm animals try in vain to rouse Farmer McPeeper from sleep after Rooster takes off for a week at the beach. . . Degman's rhymes have the structure and bounce of limericks, and are sprinkled with barnyard puns and hybrid animal rooster crows that readers will be itching to try out themselves. Zemke's cartoons nail the wide-eyed, dumbfounded look of the animals as they scramble to fill the rooster's shoes. A final twist ends this peppy and fun story on a high note.--Publishers Weekly