cows – Cannonball Read 17

One peeved off tornado coming through

I Am a Tornado by Drew Beckmeyer

May 11, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I was doing some Twitter browsing the other day, and found this book, that book, and other (screen shot screen shot screen shot). As the TBR list grew, I saw a happy little tornado and the author/illustrator promoting it (or maybe it was a fan, by that time I had really gotten lost in a sea of books and do not remember). That book was named, I Am a Tornado. Why was Drew Beckmeyer’s book eye catching? Again, a happy (or so it looked like […]

Moo Cow!

My First Highland Cow by Melanie Mitchell

November 23, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

There are thirty-eight words in My First Highland Cow by Melanie Mitchell. Yes, I counted (though this does not include the “extras” like title, author or the publisher’s name, the categories or other “business end” items). Melanie Mitchell, however, packed a lot into it. It is a fun first book about Highland Cows for the “wee ones.” Due late July 2023, Mitchell’s board book is a fun way to show cows in a not black and white setting. Everything about this book is cute and […]

Down on the farm

Farm Crimes V01: Cracking the Case of the Missing Egg by Sandra Dumais

Farm Crimes V02: the Moo-Sterious Disappearance of Cow by Sandra Dumais

June 10, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

If Doctor Dolittle and Amelia Bedelia had a child, it would be the Inspector. Columbo looks like Sherlock Holmes in comparison to Van Hoof! To say Inspector Billiam Van Hoof is bumbling is an understatement. But ages six to nine will be rolling in the cow patties laughing at the antics our not-so-heroic hero. In Farm Crimes V01: Cracking the Case of the Missing Egg our hero gets lost on the way to the farm (at the bottom of the hill that he lives on […]

Cows On Strike

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin, Betsy Lewin (Illustrator)

April 2, 2020 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

In my time with CBR I have reviewed very few children’s books. Mostly its because I don’t have many kids to read to so my exposure to and enjoyment of children’s books is limited. But I do have a wonderful coworker who read Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type to her own kids a few years ago. When we were having lunch together shortly thereafter she told me about it and when I expressed delight at its conceit she bought me my own copy for […]

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