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PreS-Gr 2—On the cover, bold black lines on an angry tomato-red background depict the scowling title character. Seeger sets the emotional tone from the very start: this is one mean bull. Front endpapers offer a clue to his behavior as readers see a larger, adult bull shout, "Go away!" The rejected little guy hangs his head, and, as many real-life bullies do, turns his hurt into anger. When he comes upon a group of animals who want to play, he puffs himself up in a near-identic...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Showing that she can be just as clever with words as she is with images, Seeger takes on name-calling in this barnyard drama. The action begins before the title page with a large gray bull telling a little brown bull to "GO AWAY!"; with a page turn, we see the dejected little brown bull making his way across the title page. When he comes across other animals in the yard who ask him to play, he calls them names: "CHICKEN!" "SLOW POKE!" "PIG!" We can...Log In or Sign Up to Read More