Happy Birthday Duck......duck has never had a birthday party, so all the farm animals and Farmer Brown have a BIG birthday party for duck.

Cronin knocks it out of the park again. The farm is getting ready for a birthday party. Games might be played, but everyone wants to look their best. Such a fun book. ( )

The animals in Farmer Brown's barnyard prepare for Little Duck's first birthday in this amusing entry in author Doreen Cronin and illustrator Betsy Lewin's ongoing picture-book series about their adventures. As each animal makes itself ready - Duck rub-a-dubbing, the sheep snippity-clipping, the cat slurp-a-lupring - Little Duck watches and imitates. By the time he's done, he's made himself look like an unforgettable mess for his birthday celebration...

I enjoyed Click, Clack, Surprise!, which is the eleventh full-sized picture-book in this series. Normally I like to read the books in a series in order, but since this one was to hand, and the others are on their way to me via library request, I thought I'd make an exception to my usual policy, and skip on from the fourth title to this one. I appreciated the humor here, and think young children, who themselves might have a bit of talent when it comes to making themselves a mess, will appreciate it as well. I also appreciated the use of onomatopoeia in the descriptions of the animals' various preparations, as that will make this one a better read-aloud. All that said, I'm not sure I found this one quite as giggle-inducing as the early books about these characters. Still, the story was enjoyable, the artwork appealing, and fans of these books will find much to keep them entertained. ( )

farm animals; birthday ( )

It's little ducks birthday, farmer brown and all the animals are throwing a party for little duck. each animal wants to look their best for the party so each animal does something to make them feel their best. Little watches each animal as they try to feel their best and imitates what they did. Once everybody was at the birthday party and then their was a surprise. Little duck was not his best self but they still had a party for him. Books show that you are perfect the way you are and don't need to copy what everyone else is doing. ( )