Customer Reviews

Emily's moo (A Golden beginning reader)

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This was my son's favorite story! At four, before he could read, he memorized every word on every page and "read" the story to himself over and over. He's 24 now, and I have a 3 year old granddaughter, by my daughter, who is crazy for this story. I have it in a treasury book of Golden Book stories, but this is always the favorite story in the whole book.

The story is about a cow named Emily who can't moo. Emily tries everything she can think of, she changes her diet and even asks other animals to help her, but eventually becomes sad and cries when she can't figure out how to moo. Then brown cow boosts Emily's confidence and shows her how to moo. Emily tries again and succeeds! Emily is so happy! All the other animals are happy for her too and congratulate her.

The colorful graphic illustrations are so sweet and are not outdated even for today's children. The values lesson is a truly great one, but without any PC agenda. I'd give it more stars if I could. I really don't understand why it isn't more widely published.

We just got this book from family friends, and my son (who is almost eight months old) loves it. It's probably his favorite book. And, luckily enough, I love it too!
Emily is a realistic-looking cow who cannot moo, but we learn from the pictures that she CAN do things like climb trees--looking perfectly natural all the while!
The story is fairly predictable, but the pictures really make it something special. Hooray for Emily's Moo!