Moo!

by David LaRochelle, Mike Wohnoutka (Illustrator)

Overview

This utterly clever and fun story is the perfect read aloud!

When Cow gets her hooves on the farmer's car, she takes it for a wild ride through the country. Moooo! But a bump in the road brings this joy ride to a troublesome end. Moo-moo. . . . Has Cow learned her lesson about living life in the fast lane? Moo?

The Geisel Award winning creators tell a complete story with just one word—MOO—in this imaginative picture book that will have readers laughing one moment and on the edge of their seats the next, as it captures the highs and lows of a mischievous cow's very exciting day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802738028
Publisher:	Bloomsbury USA
Publication date:	11/04/2014
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 6.40(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

DAVID LAROCHELLE has been writing and illustrating books since 1988. His books include The End, which received four starred reviews and The Best Pet of All, which received two starred reviews. His other titles have won numerous awards, including the Sid Fleischman Humor Award, the SCBWI Golden Kite Honor Award, and the Minnesota Book Award. A former elementary school teacher, David enjoys solving puzzles, playing board games, and carving creative pumpkins, which you can view at his website www.davidlarochelle.com

MIKE WOHNOUTKA is the illustrator of many books including Moo!, which received two starred reviews and was chosen as an ALA Notable book and by the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books as a Blue Ribbon selection; Can't Sleep Without Sheep; Just Like My Papa; and Stay Close to Mama. A graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design, Mike lives with his wife and two children in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

www.mikewohnoutka.com

Editorial Reviews

This book is bold, original, and funny, and should be part of every picture-book collection.” —School Library Journal, starred review

“An utterly fun moo-aloud.” —Publishers Weekly

“Good barnyard fun, with nods to Mo Willems' aspirational Pigeon and Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin's enterprising Duck.” —Kirkus Reviews

“A delightful visual adventure, easy to pair with Nancy E. Shaw and Margot Apple's Sheep in a Jeep (1988) and open to many sessions of independent rereading.” —Booklist

From the Publisher

A venturesome cow sneaks off in her farmer's red car, with decidedly bumpy results. Said cow, brown and white and wearing a bell, notices that the farmer's put a "Car for Sale" sign on his vehicle. Leaping at the opportunity, she motors off on a joy ride, but the joy lasts a mere four pages. Out of control, car and cow careen off a cliff and crunch another car. A page turn reveals worse news: The crushed car is a police vehicle, and the perturbed cop's standing nearby. The titular word is extensively employed in the text; one extremely long "Mooooooo" undulates over the hills in the wake of the car as the cow sets out, and her excuse is delivered to the policeman in a string of 28 of 'em. Ordered back to her pasture, where she encounters the farmer, the cow fingers an innocent bystander with a one-word accusation: "Baaaaa!" Wohnoutka's cheery, cartoonish gouache pictures deliver the action accessibly enough for toddlers to enjoy, while new readers will ace the simple text and get the broad jokes. Good barnyard fun, with nods to Mo Willems' aspirational Pigeon and Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin's enterprising Duck. (Picture book. 2-6)

Kirkus Reviews