The Cow who Clucked - Children's Choice

This Children's Choice List book, The Cow who Clucked, was written by Denise Fleming. In the story, a cow wakes up one morning to find that she had lost her moo and she is clucking instead. She goes to all the animals around the barn to see if they have her moo. She encounters a dog, a bee, a cat, a fish, a duck a sheep, a mouse, a snake, a squirrel, and an owl. After a log day of searching for her moo, the cow deceides to head back to the barn. Just then, cow hears the hen mooing. She cries, "Hen! It is you who has my Moo!" After this, the hen got her cluck back and cow got her moo back!

I thought this book was done very well. The illustrations are great and they are full bleeds. This book is not only entertaing to read, but it will help teach young children about the different barn animal sounds. I think this book would fall under the category of picutre concept books. I believe this because this book teaches about the concept of animal sounds. The text is very repetitive and the only thing that changes from page to page is what animal Cow is talking to. This kind of repitition will allow the child to pick up on the story and is much easier for them to listen and comprehend.

This book has received the Kirkus Reviews Best Book for 2006, the CCBC Choices 2007, the Bank Street Best Books 2007, the Chicago Library Best of the Best 2007 and the CCBC Choices 2008.

Fleming, Denise. The Cow who Clucked. New York: Henry Holt and Company, LLC. 2006.