Crash Bang Donkey!

Plot Summary

Things are quiet on Peaceful Farm... until Donkey shows up!  First he makes a racket with his great big drum and tootling trumpet.  Then he raises a ruckus banging the piano and jamming his guitar!  Farmer Gruff, of course, isn't pleased at all.  But one day, everyone realizes that just as there's a time to be quiet, there's a time to be noisy, too, and at last Donkey discovers his purpose.  Jill Newton's rambunctious story and rich illustrations will bring welcome energy to any storytime.

Reviews

"Straightforward yet amusing text fortified with plenty of drama, action, and sounds combines with full-page, brightly colored pastel illustrations to make this a crowdpleaser." Booklist

"Children will delight in learning how the donkey creates such a hullabaloo and rids the farmer of the pesky crows....Newton’s painterly, muddy, and boldly colored illustrations enhance a rhythmic story that is sure to please storytime crowds, and the spread showing all of the animals on different instruments playing a lullaby for the dozing farmer is a delight." School Library Journal

"Newton captures the boisterous fun without tipping over the edge into wildness—just right for a young audience." Kirkus Reviews

"The best spreads are the closeups that pit the donkey against a single adversary: a shocked chicken or an irritated Farmer Gruff. The ample onomatopoetic words encourage reading aloud at the maximum decibel level permitted." Publishers Weekly

Associated Keywords
music, noise, animals, farm, farmer