Author Lindsey Craig teams up with Arthur creator and bestselling artist Marc Brown in a toe-tapping farmyard dance-a-thon--perfect for toddler and preschooler read-alouds. As soon as the sun goes down, the animals are up! ("Sheep can't sleep. Sheep can't sleep. Sheep can't sleep 'cause they got that beat!") Before long, there's a giant farmyard dance party, complete with funny animal sounds. But what happens when all the racket wakes up Farmer Sue? Here's a colorful bedtime story that begs to be read aloud. Winner OPPENHEIM BEST BOOK Gold Award, 2011: FARMYARD BEAT Winner WILDE AWARD Picture Books, 2011: FARMYARD BEAT Granite Media: BEST PRESCHOOL BOOKS 2012 Books 4 Learning: FAVORITE BEDTIME STORIES 2011 Horn Book Guide Reviews "Peep! Peep! Peep-peep-peep! / All that peeping wakes up... / Sheep!" When one barnyard animal can't sleep, it wakes the next creature with its particular noise. This goes on until Farmer Sue catches the contagious beat; then it's party time. Craig's rhymes bop, and there's much to graze on in Brown's collages featuring hand-painted papers. Copyright 2011 --Winner OPPENHEIM BEST BOOK --Gold Award, 2011: FARMYARD BEAT --Winner WILDE AWARD Picture Books --FARMYARD BEAT Granite Media: BEST PRESCHOOL BOOKS 2012 --Books 4 Learning: FAVORITE BEDTIME STORIES 2011 "Wonderful rhythm. Vivid and whimsical illustrations. She smiles as soon as we start to say, "Chicks can't sleep..." Can't recommend this one enough." --Cassandra G "Sheep can't sleep, sheep can't sleep!" She sings the all the words she can remember, and loves it!" --Lil Mondu "Cute, cute, cute and it's got that beat! Loved reading it to the little one." --Marguerite Gibson NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY BOOK REVIEW Farm Books That Sing Two catchy new picture books "Farmyard Beat," written by Lindsey Craig and illustrated in cut-out collage by Marc Brown (the pair behind "Dancing Feet!")...From the "Peep-peep-peep!" of a yellow chick peering out of its egg on the first page, through the inevitable chiming-in of an entire farm's worth of animals, to the book's conclusion with animals piled up in an exhausted, snoring heap, "Farmyard Beat" jauntily pulls readers along. Toddlers will need zero encouragement to participate. "Eleanor and I grabbed Farmyard Beat on a whim at the library. We've now renewed it 3 times, and it's hands-down her favorite bedtime read. It all starts with the pesky chicks: Peep-peep-peep! Chicks can't sleep. Chicks can't sleep. Chicks can't sleep 'cause they got that beat! Peep! Peep! Peep-peep-peep! Peep! Peep! Peep-peep-peep! All that peeping wakes up... Sheep!" Jessica Quirky Bookworm quirkybookworm.com/2012/10/31daysfarmyardbeat.html LINDSEY CRAIG lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington, with her family. Her first book, Dancing Feet!, is also available from Knopf. MARC BROWN is the creator of Arthur, the star of many picture books and a six-time Emmy Award-winning PBS TV show. He is also the illustrator of the New York Times bestselllers Wild About Books and Born to Read by Judy Sierra as well as Buying, Training, & Caring for Your Dinosaur by Laura Rennert.