And the Cow Said

It’s nighttime, it’s raining, and all Farmer Bill wants is to sleep. So do the animals on his farm and, one by one, they barge into his house: “A second knock came, so Bill went back./ There stood a duck, and the duck said... Quack!” Small circles labeled “Press” let readers activate a sound chip for 10 animals, including a cat that Bill nearly sits on after he is driven outside and the rooster who awakens him just as he’s fallen asleep on the roof. Cotton’s rhymes can be uneven and forced (“Grumpy and tired, Bill spied the shed./ ‘There’s a chair in there!’ he happily said”), but Farmer Bill’s misadventures should still trigger giggles. Ages 3–6. (Aug.)