Karen Beaumont takes a wonderful, fast-paced children’s game as her take-off for this fun rhyming story complete with mystery and lots of comically animated farm animals. “Duck, Duck, Goose! (A Coyote’s On The Loose!)” begins with the same words the game does, but it goes on to reveal that there is a coyote (that is completely covered by leaves such that only his eyes are visible) on the loose!

As the story progresses through several farm animals, children can pick up on the pattern of the rhyme and start guessing which animal will come next. In no time at all, Read the rest of this entry »