All the animals in the barnyard are sick: two mules moan, three sheep shake, four hens hold their heads that ache . . . and ten turkeys weep at the welts on their knees. No need to worry, help is in store. Counting back from ten to one, the animals concoct some comical cures.
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PreSchool-Grade 1-The animals are ailing down on the farm, as one cow coughs, "Two mules moan,/Three sheep shake,/Four hens hold their heads which ache." The count culminates with 10 turkeys weeping "...at the welts on their knees." There's a cure in store, however, as the numbers shrink back down to one and the resourceful patients swab, spray, blow, and gargle their way back to good health. An even rhythm and natural-sounding rhymes make the text easy to read aloud. Simple and appealing, the boldly colored, cut-paper illustrations add detail to the silly situations. The cow coughs out an unpleasant stream of half-chewed hay, the hen's headache is caused by being pelted with windblown apples, and "Five goats faint" as a result of a passing skunk. In one double-page spread, oxen sniffle and geese sneeze while a pipe-smoking farmer drives by on a fume-spitting tractor. Although not necessarily a first purchase, this might be just what the doctor ordered for those endlessly boring sick-in-bed days.
Joy Fleishhacker, New York Public Library
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Joy Fleishhacker, New York Public Library
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Ages 3-5. Here's an unusual creation: a counting book for the flu season. As the numbers mount from 1 to 10, pictures show groups of sick animals--"Two mules moan, Three sheep shake." As the numbers diminish from 10 to 1, pictures show animals finding relief from their ills--"Three sheep sleep, Two mules drink." Dypold's cut-paper collages are vivid in color (the hogs are fuchsia, the cows almost orange), and they're filled with broad motion. The appealing result makes the book eminently suitable for the very young. Mary Harris Veeder
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A FUN COUNTING BOOK,
This review is from: One Cow Coughs (Hardcover)
Here's a fun counting book for youngsters through the first grade. "One Cow Coughs" is a rhymed counting book with bright collage-like illustrations sure to beguile those learning numbers. Taking place in a barnyard, we find after one cow coughs there are soon three sheep shaking and nine geese sneezing. And so it goes as the infectious wheezing and sneezing spreads. Not to worry though, a rib-tickling cure makes all of the animals feel better.
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