Zip Zap Wickety Wack

Diffee, Matthew

Hardcover, 48 pages

New Yorker cartoonist Matthew Diffee makes his children's book debut with this laugh-out-loud twist on the classic animal sound book. One of the Wall Street Journal's Best Books of the Year! A New York Times Best Children's Book of the Year The cow says "moo.

" The horse says "neigh.

" Everyone can agree on these. But when the sheep says "baa," the goat cuts in. The goat also says "baa.

" Now what? No one wants to share their sound! The sheep has an idea--he'll just say something no one's ever said before: "zip zap wickety wack bing bang walla balla flip flap yackety yack.

" But an otherworldly visitor shows up to lay claim to this sound, too--and the alien doesn't want to share his identity either. When the alien proposes a radical new way forward, the sheep and the goat find a compromise--and it may sound familiar to adult readers . . . New Yorker cartoonist Matthew Diffee's hilarious wit will be an immediate hit with young readers in his first picture book. Sure to inspire boisterous read-alouds and threaded with a sneaky message about sharing, Zip Zap Wickety Wack will inspire new nonsense and new values in homes, classrooms, and farmyards around the world. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection