title: Cock-a-Doodle-Moo: A Mixed Up Menagerie
author:  Keith DuQuette 
description: Kindergarten-Grade 5--Readers are in for a wild and imaginative treat complete with alarmingly believable hybrid creatures. DuQuette begins by introducing several wondrous beasts from mythology: the griffin (lion and eagle), the kappa (monkey and tortoise), the hippocampus (horse and dolphin), and the cockatrice (rooster and serpent). A spread at the end provides more information about these examples and introduces a few more. The bulk of the book features the author's own creations. The "Mosquiphant," for example, has a "stinging trunk [that] will leave a lump/that's bigger than your head"; the "Mouscodile" skips the cheese and eats the cat; and the "Snorse," a horse/snail combination, "takes three days to round the track." The creatures are described in short, funny verses and brilliantly illustrated in watercolor-and-gouache paintings that are sure to elicit gasps and giggles. The collection ends with an invitation: "Of all the animals we could combine,/what kind of creatures would you design?/Let your imagination run free./Create your own menagerie." Most children will find such a challenge hard to resist, and teachers will find many creative ways to share the book with students.--Lee Bock, Glenbrook Elementary School, Pulaski, WI <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  # Peck's Compendium of Fun
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### George W. Peck
  
  
  This page formatted 2004 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  PECK'S COMPENDIUM OF FUN.
  
  
    
  THE NEW COAL STOVE.
  
  
    
  PECK'S BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
  
  
    
  HIS PA IS DISCOURAGED.
  
  
    
  THREE INCHES OF LEG.
  
  
    
  MORE DANGEROUS THAN KEROSENE.
  
  
    
  TEN DAYS IN LOVE.
  
  
    
  BOYS WILL BE BOYS.
  
  
    
  PECK'S BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
  
  
    
  HE BECOMES A DRUGGIST.
  
  
    
  A LOAN EXHIBITION.
  
  
    
  THE WICKED MON KEE.
  
  
    
  UNSCREWING THE TOP OF A FRUIT JAR.
  
  
    
  HE WOULDN'T HAVE HIS FATHER CALLED NAMES.
  
  
    
  PECK'S BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
  
  
    
  HE QUITS THE DRUG BUSINESS.
  
  
    
  GIVE US WAR!
  
  
    
  THE FIRE NEW YEAR'S DAY.
  
  
    
  SOUTHERN “HONAW.”
  
  
    
  PECK'S BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
  
  
    
  HIS PA KILLS HIM.
  
  
    
  A MUSICAL CRITIQUE.
  
  
    
  A DEAD SURE THING.
  
  
    
  PECK'S BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
  
  
    
  HIS PA MORTIFIED.
  
  
    
  MRS. LANGTRY.
  
  
    
  A PECK AT THE CHEESE.
  
  
    
  SELLING CLAMS.
  
  
    
  PECK'S BAD BOY AND HIS PA.
  
  
    
  HIS PA GOES SK