New Yorkercartoonist Matthew Diffee makes his childrens book debut with this laugh-out-loud twist on the classic animal sound book.

The cow says moo. The horse says neigh. Everyone can agree on these.

But when the sheep says baa, the goat cuts in. The goat also says baa. Now what? No one wants to share their sound!

The sheep has an ideahell just say something no ones 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, tooand the alien doesnt want to share his identity either.

When the alien proposes a radical new way forward, the sheep and the goat find a compromiseand it may sound familiar to adult readers . . .

New Yorkercartoonist Matthew Diffees 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,Zip Zap Wickety Wackwill inspire new nonsense and new values in homes, classrooms, and farmyards around the world.