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  This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf

  Text copyright © 2011 by Lindsey Craig

  Jacket art and interior illustrations copyright © 2011 by Marc Brown

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Craig, Lindsey.

  Farmyard beat / by Lindsey Craig ; illustrations by Marc Brown.

  p. cm.

  Summary: The sounds of the farm animals create a lively beat that keeps Farmer Sue, the chicks, sheep, and other farm animals awake.

  eISBN: 978-0-375-98886-8

  ISBN: 978-0-375-86455-1

  [1. Stories in rhyme. 2. Domestic animals—Fiction. 3. Bedtime—Fiction.]

  I. Brown, Marc Tolon, ill. II. Title.

  PZ8.3.C84367Far 2011 [E]—dc22 2010016123

  The illustrations in this book were created using hand-painted papers and a collage technique that focused on cutting the paper into primary shapes.

  Random House Children’s Books supports the First Amendment and celebrates the right to read.

  v3.1

  Title Page

  Copyright

  Dedication

  First Page

  About the Author and Illustrator

  For my amazing family

  —L.C.

  For our lovely dancing Isabella

  —M.B.

  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!

  Sheep can’t sleep.

  Sheep can’t sleep.

  Sheep can’t sleep

  ’cause they got that beat.

  TAT! TAT! Tattity-tat-tat!

  TAT! TAT! Tattity-tat-tat!

  All that racket wakes up …

  Cat!

  Cat can’t sleep.

  Cat can’t sleep.

  Cat can’t sleep

  ’cause she’s got that beat.

  Puuurrrr! Mee-ooow!

  Puuurrrr! Mee-ooow!

  All that racket wakes up …

  Cow!

  Cows can’t sleep.

  Cows can’t sleep.

  Cows can’t sleep

  ’cause they got that beat.

  SWISH! CLANK! Swish-swish! Clank!

  SWISH! CLANK! Swish-swish! Clank!

  All that racket wakes Ol’…

  Hank!

  Hank can’t sleep.

  Hank can’t sleep.

  Hank can’t sleep

  ’cause he’s got that beat.

  Woof! How-WOOOOO!

  Woof! How-WOOOOO!

  All that racket wakes up …

  Shhh! Shhh!

  Look who’s coming!

  WHOOO? WHOOO?

  Lantern swinging …

  WHOOO? WHOOO?

  FARMER SUE!!!

  Sue can’t sleep.

  Sue can’t sleep.

  Sue can’t sleep

  ’cause she’s heard that beat.

  Sue looks here! Sue looks there!

  “No one here or anywhere!”

  With a y-a-w-n, she thinks she’ll go to sleep

  when …

  Peep! Peep!

  Peep-peep-peep!

  Chicks can’t help it.

  They got that beat!

  Then …

  TAT! TAT! Tattity-tat-tat!

  Puuurrrr! Mee-ooow!

  SWISH! CLANK! Swish-swish! Clank!

  Woof! How-WOOOOO!

  WHOOO? WHOOO?

  JIG! JIG! A-jiggity-jig!

  Everyone’s dancing to that beat.

  T-I-L-L …

  … they fall in a heap!

  Asleep!

  Cock-a-doodle-doo!

  I’ve got that beat!

  About the Author and Illustrator

  Lindsey Craig made her picture-book debut with the acclaimed Dancing Feet!, illustrated by Marc Brown. She has also written a musical, Cinderella’s Shakespeare, which is performed nationwide. She lives with her husband and two children on a small island in Washington State.

  Marc Brown is the creator of Arthur, the aardvark star of many picture books and a six-time Emmy Award–winning PBS television show. He is also the illustrator of many books for children, including the New York Times bestsellers Wild About Books and Born to Read by Judy Sierra. He lives on Martha’s Vineyard and in New York City.

 

 

  Lindsey Craig, Farmyard Beat

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