Children will laugh at the use of type and the artful arrangement of letters to convey action and sound. The word “moo” appears on most spreads in a variety of font sizes, from tiny to gigantic, depending on the emotion of the moment.

The cow is the focus of each bright, borderless spread, and some pages include comedic close-ups of her face. Turn a page, and she has an inquisitive, “Moo?” when she sees a car for sale soon enough, she's on a joyride up and down the hillsides. On the first page, the cow has a contented, peaceful moo. It is hard to imagine a more expressive cow than this title's cartoon bovine. but the one mom liked it.PreS-Gr 2–There are only a handful of words in this book the most important one is “Moo.” Punctuation, repetition, and rhythm give it multiple meanings as readers turn the pages, which are joyfully illustrated with splashy gouache primary colors. Nice to have a personal favorite with this too tiny, too young crowd. I liked that the K teacher really liked it, too!Ĥ/18/18 Closer in M theme. But it works and is a great way to help parents see ways they can teach early literacy skills to their children.ĥ/1/17-5/4/17 Morningside Elementary visits. Honestly, this newer preschool group is a bit younger than what I was working with the last time I went through the alphabet, so they aren't catching on as soon as they did. Explaining how the cow blamed, and that back with the other car she.made an excuse! One of the moms laughed but they got it. So then I back-tracked to help them with an explanation. Not as many laughs from the kids from the ending, but the parents were smiling. I told them ahead of time that I REALLY stretched for the E in this book. But the kids who were in to it really liked it.Ģ/8/17 Closer in E Preschool theme. So I didn't have full on attention from some, which was a bit distracting for me.

But I had a lot of first-timers who were rather talkative and squirmy since they just don't know how it all goes. Still a great one to share.ġ0/7/15 Used as closer in 'Troublemakers' theme.

Those who really got into it started mimicing my 'moos,' which was funny except when it started to lead to a lot of noise (K class mostly). I read it in classes covering grades K-5. Yay!ĩ/29/14-10/2/14: I had this as an option during the Morningside school visits that I did this week. The only downside: I forgot the adorable toy cow I got for Christmas that I wanted to bring in with a red car so we could have props to 'aWonderful Topsy-Turvy theme closing book which turned out to be my best storytime (and most fun) in weeks. I read it just right that they understand what all was being said in Moo. Can't wait to read this in preschool storytime!ġ/8/14: Fabulous!! The kids and adults all loved this. And also because there is a little more in the illustrations. Oh my goodness-YES!!! I like this even more than 'Banana' possibly because I love cows.

Moo book by david larochelle