Also written and/or illustrated by Marc Brown: Dancing Feet Born to Read Arthur's Audio Favorites Also by Lindsey Craig: Dancing Feet Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig, illustrated by Marc Brown Ages 1+ 32 pages Knopf June 2011 Hardcover     Farmyard Beat is an infectiously joyful book about exuberant dancing, stomping animals. The chicks at the farm can’t fall asleep, and their raucous noise (“Peep! Peep! Peep-peep-peep! Peep! Peep! Peep-peep-peep!”) wakes up the sheep, who in turn contribute to the musical medley (“TAT! TAT! Tattity-tat-tat!”), waking up the cows, and so on. Soon enough, everyone on the farm—including Farmer Sue—wakes up, leading to an impromptu barnyard party. This happy, rhythmic book will especially appeal to little ones who resist bedtime and might love the idea of an impromptu midnight party. Farmyard Beat comes from the same team that brought us the endearing Dancing Feet! Fans of the earlier book are sure to enjoy this one as well.     web reviews   Usha Reynolds/2011 for curled up with a good kid's book   For grown-up fiction, nonfiction and speculative fiction book reviews, visit our sister site Curled Up With a Good Book (www.curledup.com)