Duck, Duck, Goose!: (A Coyote's on the Loose!) – A Picture Book About Wacky Farm Animals with a Surprise Ending for Children

by Karen Beaumont, José Aruego (Illustrator), Ariane Dewey (Illustrator)

Follow a gang of wacky farm animals as they run from a...well, they aren't quite sure what it is, but it be a coyote. Karen Beaumont's cumulative verse and Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey's brilliant illustrations will have readers laughing all the way to the surprise ending.

Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Storytime, Childrens, Juvenile

32 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2004

About the author

Karen Beaumont is the New York Times bestselling author of many award-winning picture books. She lives in Scotts Valley, California.

Reviews

[Discovering Dharma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Son loves this book and the cadence. Reads along with me!

[Nichole · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute repetition and rhyming book. Kids will love it.

[Tami Young · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about farm animals that think they are being chased by a coyote. The farm animals are all running around the farm, one after another. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful and the story is fun. This would be a great book to read during farm animals week. This story is delightful and I think the students would find it funny through the whole book. The ending is not what I had expected. This would be a great book to have teachers have the students interact while reading. It will keep them all guessing.

[Angela De Groot · Rating 3 out of 5]

A case (and chase) of mistaken identity. Duck and goose think Coyote is after them, they flee and panic spreads. A Chicken Little feel to it with a happier ending. Rhyming.

[Cara Byrne · Rating 3 out of 5]

A great length for toddler storytime with bold illustrations to match.

[Heidi-Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very fun book. I think it could work for both toddler and preschool. While it might seem young for preschool, the rhyming and "chasing" would interest them more than it would the toddlers. Would work as a storytime, as a lap-read, and as an on-one's-own. And the illustrations made me smile.

3/31/10 & 4/1/10 I used this one for toddler. I tried them guessing the animals before I read the text on the same page. It seemed to work with both groups, though the chick and the hen got both groups confused. The rhymes were fun, I don't know if they caught on to it. And since I completely messed up the ending on Tuesday and it was quite obvious I messed up the rhyme--hopefully they didn't notice that either! I was tired, yes, but somehow every time I read the ending it never read as my mind wanted to read it. And that's what came out for the Tuesday group. I got it right for the Thursday group, though that group was just a little rowdier.

It worked, but I think the preschoolers would enjoy this one, if anything for the chase aspect. It would be a good short filler.

3/10/11 Well, at last I read the ending right. In both groups. And I thought I'd have them tell me the colors of the animals. Some kids were very involved in that. Others not as much. I do get some pretty young kids who wouldn't care as much about the colors. The fun chase part of the story was completely lost with how large the group was. And, the breaking up of the story to guess colors detracted, too. Oh well. Lessons learned.

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was cute and had a good ending. The pictures were nice to look at and the story seemed to flow really well. I appreciated the tie between each page/animal to keep the theme going. I thought it was a little scary for my two year old to read right before bed since the (SPOILER) bunny's eyes were red and hidden between leaves.

The book would have gotten 5 stars from me if the illustrator would not hide the bunny so much. There was never an ear that popped our or a tail or a foot. It was always those red eyes and the animals were afraid (more because they thought they were going to be eaten) and that translated to be afraid of the red eyes for my son.

[Candice · Rating 3 out of 5]

An amusing book of farm animals that are set into a tizzy when the duck and the goose see two eyes peeking out of a pile of leaves and assume it's a coyote. As each animal joins the pack, the mysterious "coyote" follows them through the barnyard and to the house. The colorful and funny illustrations accent the rhyming text.

[Christy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Duck, duck, goose . . .
A coyote's on the loose!
Goose, goose, pig . . .
And he's really, really big!

Follow a gang of wacky farm animals as they run from a...well, they aren't quite sure what it is, but it be a coyote. Karen Beaumont's cumulative verse and Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey's brilliant illustrations will have readers laughing all the way to the surprise ending.

[Edward Creter · Rating 4 out of 5]

How many farm animals does it take to run from something they don't quite understand? ALL OF EM! Specially when the farm animals in question are scared of what they think is a coyote. Do you think they'll figure out there's nothin to be afraid of? Let's hope so, 'cos ultimately that's what this book is about: hope against fear.

[Lizzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Worked great for toddler storytime. The rhyming and flow was great to read out loud and repeat. The kids were even able to identify the animals and the drama of being chased by a coyote was just at their level.The illustrations weren't amazing, but did the job.

[Kaylee Gallup]

Easy reader for preschool kids and younger with lots of farm animals which they love to be able to recognize.

[Katie Fitzgerald · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read at Tales for Twos and Threes on 3/18/11:
http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.com/...

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute little story, I love both Beaumont and the illustrations which take me back to "Gregory the Terrible Eater." Gets a little long and the ending is a little inevitable.

[Randie D. Camp, M.S. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Farm animals run from the "coyote" in this bright, rhythmic book for young readers.

[Leah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very cute book. Mostly for young elementary grades. It is a book full of animals who play a particular game, but at the ending is a surprise. Great illustrations.

[Michael · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is funny.

[Ecl Storytellers]

This is an odd and silly book. Short rhyming text and farmyard animal amalgamations...

[Paula · Rating 4 out of 5]

All the animals are running away from something scary.

[Rima Aroutiounian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Duck Duck Goose, A Coyote's on the Loose! Great children's rhyming story. It will be fun for story time, which will helo the toddlers to learn new words and learn phonics.

[S · Rating 4 out of 5]

Repetition makes it good for a very young story time or possibly movement activity.

Felt board potential is high.

[Joan Oegema · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this to a kindergarten class this afternoon - the kids weren't too impressed. Cute pictures.

[Sofia · Rating 5 out of 5]

12 months

[Janae · Rating 3 out of 5]

We LOVE this author, but this book was just only "okay."