Zip Zap Wickety Wack

By: Matthew Diffee

Published by Holiday House, Incorporated, 2025

<b><i>New Yorker</i> cartoonist Matthew Diffee makes his children's book debut with this laugh-out-loud twist on the classic animal sound book.</b><br> <br> The cow says "moo." The horse says "neigh." Everyone can agree on these. <br> <br> But when the sheep says "baa," the goat cuts in. The goat also says "baa." Now what? No one wants to share their sound!<br> <br> The sheep has an idea--he'll just say something no one's ever said before: "zip zap wickety wack bing bang walla balla flip flap yackety yack." But an otherworldly visitor shows up to lay claim to this sound, too--and the alien doesn't want to share his identity either.<br> <br> When the alien proposes a radical new way forward, the sheep and the goat find a compromise--and it may sound familiar to adult readers . . . <br> <br> <i>New Yorker</i> cartoonist Matthew Diffee's hilarious wit will be an immediate hit with young readers in his first picture book. Sure to inspire boisterous read-alouds and threaded with a sneaky message about sharing, <i>Zip Zap Wickety Wack</i> will inspire new nonsense and new values in homes, classrooms, and farmyards around the world.<br> <br> <b>A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection</b>