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The sun wakes up the rooster who crows and wakes up the goose who honks and wakes up the sheep who bleat and so on until all the farm animals wake the farmer who feeds them.

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Should be a board book for tots. I love the expressions on the animals' faces as they are woken, especially the sheep. The repetitious pattern will help with reading readiness. Cute, but not quite as good as [b:What Did I Find?|15215096|What Did I Find?|Brian Wildsmith|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/book/50x75-a91bf249278a81aabab721ef782c4a74.png|20870451].
Very ordinary. There is nothing that makes this book stand out.

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Brian Wildsmith was born on January 22, 1930. He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, London for three years. He later taught maths at the Royal Military School of Music but left so that he could pursue painting. He began working with Oxford University Press in the late 1950s when he was commissioned to illustrate 12 color plates for Tales show more from the Arabian Nights. He wrote and illustrated more than 80 books during his lifetime including A Christmas Story, Cat on the Mat, and ABC, which won the Kate Greenaway Medal. He died on August 31, 2016 at the age of 86. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Children's Books, Picture Books
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741.5Arts & recreationDrawing & decorative artsDrawingComic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips
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PZ7 .W647Language and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres

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