Teach Your Buffalo to Play Drums

If a buffalo can handle kindergarten, as proven in Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten?, why not a musical instrument? "He was born to play drums. You have to teach him now," declares the narrator, as Jennewein's crayon-traced buffalo hammers on pots and pans. With some yarn to tie the drumsticks to his hooves, lots of practice, and a soundproof room (preferably underground), there's nothing stopping a determined buffalo. "Some people think that being the loudest isn't the most important part of being a good bandmate," Vernick writes. "Your buffalo isn't one of those people." With the same brand of absurd comedy as its predecessor, it's as much a book about kids' proclivity for waffling between various interests as it is about the value of having earmuffs handy, "[i]f the magic's not happening." Ages 4%E2%80%938. (July)