Minnie and Moo and the Potato from Planet X (I Can Read Book 3) [Paperback]

Denys Cazet (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: K and up | Series: I Can Read Book 3

C-R-A-S-H!

Spud, a potato-shaped alien, crash-lands at Minnie and Moo's feet and begs for their help. He desperately needs to return to space or the planets will bump themselves into pieces! Can Minnie and Moo help Spud build a new spaceship in time to save the universe?

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 3–Things on the farm get exciting when an alien, resembling a one-eyed potato, crash lands his spaceship in front of Minnie and Moo in this beginning reader by Denys Cazet (HarperCollins, 2002). Spud is from Planet X and finds himself in trouble when he stops for donuts instead of completing his important delivery for the Universal Package Service (UPS). With only a half hour left to get the Anti-Bump Cream delivered before the planets begin bumping into each other, it is up to Minnie and Moo to help Spud get on his way. The space fuel needed is milk, and Minnie comes to the rescue. Occasional, subtle sound effects add to the flavor of the story. Narrator Barbara Caruso does a great job of creating a personality for each character through slight changes in tone and accent, while maintaining a pace that conveys the race against time but doesn't rush the story so youngsters can read along. The audio portion includes clear page-turn signals. An excellent addition to collections for beginning readers.–Veronica Schwartz, Des Plaines Public Library, IL
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Review

“A laugh-a-minute, unbridled demolition derby of an easy reader” (The Horn Book (review of MINNIE AND MOO GO TO THE MOON) )

“The two funniest, most winsome cows on the early-reading circuit have to be Minnie and Moo.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review) )

“Brief chapters and exubertant pencil-and-watercolor artwork [make these books] udderly likable” (PublishersWeekly (starred review of MINNIE AND MOO GO TO THE MOON and MINNIE AND MOO GO DANCING) )

“Cazet has struck a vein of precious ore in his ‘Minnie and Moo’ series for beginning readers.” (Kirkus (review of MINNIE AND MOO AND THE MASK OF ZORRO) )

“Cazet’s cows are back, charming as ever, in an easy reader that is as loopy as ever.” (Kirkus Reviews )

“These gleeful fantasies are currently the cream of the begining reader crop.” (Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books (review of MINNIE AND MOO GO TO THE MOON and MINNIE AND MOO GO DANCING) )

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (April 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0064443124
• ISBN-13: 978-0064443128
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,274,602 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Just a few beefs, January 13, 2006

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This review is from: Minnie and Moo and the Potato from Planet X (I Can Read Book 3) (Paperback)

I wasn't overly impressed with this book. The plot could have been fresher and the characters and action funnier. I used this book with a few young students who weren't overly excited by it either. Youngsters won't get much of the humor here.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your kids will love it!, August 5, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Minnie and Moo and the Potato from Planet X (I Can Read Book 3) (Paperback)

That's right, your kids will love it. Its an adventure of creature helping creature along with an abundance of bovine and starchy creativity. Your children will ask to read it over and over again. A definite must for all kids libraries.