I Heard Said the Bird by Polly Berrien Berends (1995) is a unique twist on a story about a new baby sibling. I picked it up because of the cover art, which reminded me of the cover of Earthquack illustrated by Barry Moser. All of Brad Sneed's pictures remind me of Barry Moser. The bird on the cover of this story flies about a barnyard telling the animals "'there's a NEW ONE coming.'" And so we see a cow, hen, horse, goose, duck, rabbit, pig, and so on. There's only one of each creature and there's very little text. It's one of those books that make be wonder why the author's name appears above the artist's name. And then, a young boy walks into the barnyard and talks with the animals! He leads the animals to an open window through which then all gaze upon a baby in a crib. I like this kind of illustration, so I think this is a fun book to spend time with.
