Its design and illustrations . are something special. Between the covers, each cardboard page has a different width from its companions, with a pleasantly wavy edge that's easy for little hands to turn. Horacek . brings a distinctive, artistic eye to his portraits of animals, using what look to be layers of pastel and paint to give them an intriguing, almost sculptural, heft and texture. --The New York Times The mixed-media illustrations are cheery and child-friendly. The bold, contrasting colors and the simplicity and brevity of the text make this a great choice for infants and toddlers. A short and satisfying spin around the barnyard for babies.

--Kirkus Reviews Horacek's lovely introduction to animal noises features personable portraits of seven barnyard animals. Each page is die-cut in a soft curve to be smaller than the one preceding, creating a dimensional "body" for a cow on the final page, splattered with black paint and staring wide-eyed at readers with its tongue comically lolling out of its mouth. --Publishers Weekly.