With appealing, minimalist pictures in primary colors and jaunty texts on facing pages, these verses about a variety of beasts, both wild and tame, are bound to please. From "Cows like mooing,/ Cows like hay. /Cows like giving milk each day." to "Bears like honey,/ Bears like trees,/ Bears are chased by honey bees", children will respond to the simple truths simply revealed. Some may wonder, as this reader did, why the upside-down elephant pictured on the book's cover has no accompanying verse inside - especially as the collection is called Animal Trunk. But it's a minor quibble in an overall pleasing entertainment for youngest listeners.