It's time for the annual Corn Maze Festival.
The farm is bursting with activity.
Cluck
Whack!
The chickens build a fence around the cornfield.
Moo
Thwack!
The cows give the barn a fresh coat of paint.
Thump. Quack!
Duck builds the ticket booth for the hot-air balloon ride.
Everyone is excited. Well, Duck is not excited exactly. But hehas a plan. As Farmer Brown designs the corn maze for the festival,Duck does some designing of his own. Guess who's in for a bigsurprise?
The always-creative, always-hilarious,always-champions-of-corn-mazes pair who brought you Click,Clack, Moo: Cows That Type; Giggle, Giggle, Quack; andDuck for President have planned a terrific event. Step rightup, folks.

From Booklist
The creators of the immensely popular series that began withCaldecott Honor Book Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (2001)continue the story of Farmer Brown and his barnyard full ofinsubordinate animals. Here, Brown eagerly prepares for the annualCorn Maze Festival, and he invents Tom Sawyer–like tactics toconvince the animals to lend a hoof or wing. Only Duck is unmoved,and it’s only after Farmer Brown threatens to withhold Duck’sfavorite food that he finally agrees to help. Kids who know Duckfrom the first titles won’t be surprised at all that the wily birdonly appears to be compliant; his secret revenge (a much-alteredcorn maze) is revealed in a final, laugh-out-loud gatefoldillustration. Composed of short sentences printed in large type,the entertaining story is well suited to new readers, who willstretch for the few vocabulary words (meteorology, for example).Readers and listeners both will delight in Lewin’s typically comicbold-lined illustrations and in Farmer Brown’s folly, even as they(and their parents) recognize the familiar power struggles.Preschool-Grade 2. --Gillian Engberg


From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 4—Duck and his comical cohorts return in anotherzany tale. Farmer Brown plans a Statue of Liberty maze for theannual Corn Maze Festival, enlisting (by bribe and threat) thereluctant help of his animal friends to see the project through.Before long, the chickens are constructing a fence, the cows arepainting the barn, and Duck—curmudgeon extraordinaire—is furiouslyhammering out a ticket booth. As Farmer Brown busily sketches,measures, and mows by day, Duck keeps equally busy, sneaking intothe cornfield every night armed with night-vision goggles,glow-in-the-dark ruler, and hedge clippers. Although the animals'various endeavors don't turn out as expected (the disasters arehumorously depicted in the artwork), an undaunted Farmer Browneagerly boards a hot-air balloon for an aerial view of hismasterpiece during the opening ceremony. Along for the ride, a smugDuck is able to witness the man's priceless reaction to thenighttime design changes, which readers can view on a two-pagefold-up. Once again, Cronin and Lewin get everything right, fromthe perfectly paced deadpan narrative, to the amusingcharacterizations, to the vibrant brush and watercolor cartoonsthat play off and extend the text's humor. Throughout the tale, thefarm mice, who are taking a meteorology correspondence course,present weather-prediction charts that reflect the mood of theplot, gradually building from partly sunny skies to stormy climax.Fans will not be disappointed.—Joy Fleishhacker, SchoolLibrary Journal
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"It's another interspecies battle of wits-and read-aloudwinner-from a celebrated duo...This entry...proves that this teamcontinues to operate in top form...[T]he subsidiary charactersgarner plenty of giggles, too."-- Publishers Weekly

"Once again, Cronin & Lewin get everything right, from theperfectly paced deadpan narrative, to the amusingcharacterizations, to the vibrant brush and watercolor cartoonsthat play off and extend the text's humor...Fans will not bedisappointed."-- School Library Journal