PICTURE BOOKS

Zip Zap Wickety Wack: A Story About Sharing

by Matthew Diffee (text) & illus. by Matthew Diffee
Holiday House/Neal Porter. Sept. 2025. 48p. Tr $18.99. ISBN 9780823458714. PreS-Gr 1
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PreS-Gr 1–Diffee offers a book that will delight children and caregivers alike. Readers meet a group of farm animals who introduce themselves by the sounds they make (cow goes “moo,” horse goes “neigh”). Trouble arrives when both sheep and goat want to claim “baa.” Discussions of new sounds prove fruitless when the goat quickly states that it will “quack,” an infuriated duck arrives on the scene. A roaming alien insists that they also make the new sound and chaos begins. The bold and clear font emphasizes the text; the animals look at one ­another while speaking and the tiny nuances in their expressions are ones worth searching for. ­
VERDICT Working well as both a read-aloud and for one-to-one experiences, this purchase is for collections needing wry humor and a funny treat for all to enjoy.
Reviewed by Maria Graybosch , Aug 01, 2025

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