The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash by Trina Hakes Noble

I remember this book being read to me as a child and loved the way Noble crafted this story.

When a little girl returns home from a field trip to the farm, she tells her mother it was fine until the cow started crying. Her mother asks question after question until, finally, her daughter retells their eventful field trip in backward, cause-and-effect fashion. And don't forget that Jimmy's pet boa came along for the trip, which ends up being the cause of eggs flying, pigs on the bus and crying cows.

Steven Kellogg, who has written and illustrated dozens of books, does a great job of illustrating this riotous, 1980 classic.