Moo Moo, Brown Cow [Board book]

Jakki Wood (Author), Rog Bonner (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 15, 1996 | Age Level: 1 and up

In this playful picture book, young readers follow a curious kitten into a barnyard, where they are introduced to a host of baby animals and their mothers. As they move from cows to pigs to dogs to geese, children learn about colors and numbers.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Pre-Grade 1-- A ginger-colored kitten asks various animals if they have any babies in this seemingly simple concept book. A brown cow has one calf, a black sheep has two lambs, a yellow goat has three kids, etc. ; the kitten greets each animal by its trademark moo or baa or bleat. The large print is repetitive and easy to read. Gleaming watercolors completely fill each doubled-paged spread, giving such a lush feel to the book that its sheer attractiveness may captivate readers before its weaknesses become apparent. The blurred, impressionistic outlines of the animals and their mottled coloration make it far more challenging for fledgling counters than the similar, yet more successful, Brown Bear , Brown Bear (Holt, 1992) by Bill Martin, Jr . Nonetheless, Bonner's artwork is very appealing. --Anna DeWind, Milwaukee Public Library
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Kirkus Reviews

``Baa baa, black sheep, have you any lambs? Yes kitty, yes kitty, two woolly lambs.'' From one brown cow to ten rainbow trout fry, Wood rehearses numbers, colors, and animals' names and voices in a repetitive text that will help young listeners learn, though it is not particularly imaginative. In the double spread illustrations, on the other hand, Bonner takes some unusual risks: the colors of his animals are strikingly close to their background--e.g., the orange hen and her yellow chicks are superimposed on a pale orange that might be derived by mixing the two. The result is arrestingly monochromatic compositions in which the animals are still recognizable and pleasingly lively. The appealing kitten who asks the questions ties it all together. Nice. (Picture book. 1-6) -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 1 and up
  
• Board book: 12 pages
• Publisher: HMH Books (September 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0152009981
• ISBN-13: 978-0152009984
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #164,184 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #93 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Baby-3 > Basic Concepts > Colors

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5.0 out of 5 stars Our Favorite Bedtime Story, February 2, 2005

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My daughter is 7 months old, and this has been her favorite book for at least 2 months. She immediately smiles and laughs when I begin reading the story to her every night (because we do read it _every_ night!). Several people have commented on the colors of the illustrations being too monochromatic, but I think that is part of the appeal. Some of her other books have very busy illustrations and I think are too much for her to take in. But the large blocks of color in Moo Moo Brown Cow are easy for her to focus on and she loves it. I would highly recommend this book!

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet Story, December 20, 2011

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It's not an original idea: a children's book written in lyrical text containing both counting and animals.

And yet, this one just works better than most I've read. My one-year old will sit on my lap for an entire reading and ask for it again. The watercolor-type illustrations are soft but quite detailed, so the small child can notice new things even after multiple readings. With the exception of the tenth animal (the fish), the author does not ask you to count each and every animal. Instead each page simply states how many baby animals there are, which leaves it up to the child/parent to decide how much counting to do (counting can be laborious to some children and delightful to others). The overall theme is uplifting: a celebration of friendship, even elevating friendship to the level of family. The book reads similarly to "Brown Bear" by Eric Carle (another must-have for a baby's library).

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for babies and toddlers, May 21, 2011

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Great repetition and you learn the names of animals, their babies, what sound they make, colors, and numbers! My four year old still enjoys reading this book, we desperately need another copy because ours is falling to pieces! (We've had it for four plus years though)