Descriptions, Reviews, etc.
Description:
"Farm animals share their sounds, but humorous drama ensues when the goat and the sheep both lay claim to "baa.""--
Review Quotes: Delightfully deadpan entertainment.
--The New York Times
Mr. Diffee's artwork--all elegant, retro lines and jaunty patches of pastel--and wisecracking dialogue give these creamy pages a wonderful sense of buoyancy. . . . [A] humorous and humane read-aloud for children ages 4-8.
--The Wall Street Journal
Diffee, a New Yorker cartoonist, sets a deceptively bucolic scene for this preposterous showdown that makes for a raucous read-aloud.
--The Washington Post
Wax and pleasingly shaded colored pencil art on tawny pages features deftly expressive animals. . . . The characters' nonchalant rapport is well conveyed, with text rendered in a clean serif font of varying scale for added visual oomph.Clever humor and a fresh take on a seemingly familiar scene make this a widely appealing, expertly paced, and wonderfully silly read-aloud. Unexpected and delightfully absurd.
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
An amusing kind of logic brings humor to the book's peaceful conclusion.
--Publishers Weekly
Diffee offers a book that will delight children and caregivers alike. . . .Working well as both a read-aloud and for one-to-one experiences, this purchase is for collections needing wry humor and a funny treat for all to enjoy.
--School Library Journal
The moral is delivered in a way that will make young readers think about the merits of sharing, rather than feel like they're getting a lecture. Zip Zap Wickety Wack is sure to quickly become a go-to title for any adults faced with kids struggling to share.
--Booklist
Lovely colored-pencil illustrations add warmth to Zip Zap Wickety Wack's wonderfully witty case for finding compromise. Never has a primer about farm animal sounds gone off the rails in such a delightfully engaging way.
--BookPage
