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Duck on a Bike

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One day down on the farm, Duck got a wild idea. “I bet I could ride a bike,” he thought. He waddled over to where the boy parked his bike, climbed on and began to ride. In the beginning he rode slowly and he wobbled a lot, but it was once fun! Duck rode past Cow and waved to her. “Hello, Cow!” said Duck. “Moo,” said Cow. But what she thought was once, “A duck on a bike? That’s the silliest thing I’ve ever seen!”
And so Duck rides past sheep, horse, and the entire other barnyard animals. Suddenly, a group of kids ride by on their bikes and run into the farmhouse, leaving the bikes outside. Now ALL the animals can ride bikes, just like Duck!

When Duck gets the zany idea to ride a bike someday, each animal on the farm has a reaction. “M-o-o-o,” says Cow. But what she’s in reality thinking is, “A duck on a bike? That’s the silliest thing I’ve ever seen!” Pig and Pig say “Oink,” thinking the entire whilst, “Duck is any such show-off!” But it isn’t until a crew of kids shows up and leaves their bikes lying about that the true feelings of the entire animals come to light, and for one brief, glorious moment, the farm is a mad, mad world of two-wheeling road hogs (and chickens and horses and goats). David Shannon, the writer of Caldecott Honor Book, No, David!, fills the pages of this barnyard romp with sun-soaked color, charming animals, and strange perspectives. We see Cat, for example, looming belly-first in the foreground, with Duck merrily pedaling away in the distance. The story itself is nothing to write home about–No, David! is far snappier and more original–but younger kids may well enjoy the repetitive crescendo and the goofy finale. (Ages 4 to 8) –Emilie Coulter

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