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The wind went whoo-whoo. Cow sneezed, "Moo-CHOO. Moo-CHOO." The hay blew. "Quack-CHOO," went Duck. "Quack-CHOO. Quack-CHOO." One night the wind blows through the barn and causes Cow to sneeze, which sets off a sneezy chain reaction. Each barn animal sneezes in turn, until a cacophony of sneezing fills the night, waking Sue in the farmhouse. Young children will delight in Karen B. Winnick's humorous picture book that features a rhyming text and familiar animal sound words.
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School Library Journal Review
PreS-K-A nighttime gust of wind sets off a chain reaction through a barn full of animals. The unimaginative text that follows begins with a sneezing cow: "'Moo-CHOO. Moo-CHOO.' The hay blew. Pig awoke. 'Oink-CHOO. Oink-CHOO.' She tripped and fell on Horse's shoe." Eventually the sounds wake young Sue, who decides "Some tea might do!" She cures the animals, but the story ends with her sneezing. Amateurish illustrations that look like crayon drawings fail to show movement, and the animals are stiffly rendered. The only artistic indication of a sneeze is in the form of thick white lines radiating from their mouths. The spreads are poorly designed, often blending together at the gutter in a confusing way that makes two separate scenes appear like one. Stick with Lynn Downey's The Flea's Sneeze (Holt, 2000), Ruth Brown's The Big Sneeze (Morrow, 1997) or Patricia Thomas's Stand Back, Said the Elephant, I'm Going to Sneeze (Lothrop, 1990) and skip this one.-Melinda Piehler, North Tonawanda Public Library, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
When the barnyard animals begin a chain reaction of sneezes, some hot tea, courtesy of farmer Sue, proves the perfect cure--and Sue's undoing. Young children will enjoy the silly premise and animal sneezing sounds (Moo-CHOO, Oink-CHOO, etc.). The illustrations, created with what appear to be pastels on a highly textured surface, are effective at telling the story but have an unrefined quality. From HORN BOOK Fall 2002, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Ages 3^-6. A contagious sneeze makes the rounds of a barn one windy night, starting with the cow: "Moo-CHOO, Moo-CHOO." The duck follows: "`Quack-CHOO, Quack-CHOO.'/ He flapped his wings/ and up he flew." Soon the sneeze passes to the horse, the hen, the chick, and the rooster, who cries, "Cock-a-doodle-CHOO" and wakes up farmer Sue. Sue goes to the barn, gives them all tea, and returns their voices to their proper animal sounds, until she catches the sneezing fit too. Large appealing pastel illustrations pair with humorous rhyming text and irresistible animals sounds. Children will enjoy joining in and chanting along with the chorus of barnyard sneezes. A good choice for rowdy story hours. --Helen RosenbergNew Historical Fiction for Youth
