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Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type Written by: Doreen Cronin Illustrated by: Betsy Lewin
If there is one thing that Farmer Brown is sure of, is that his farm will run smoothly with yummy milk and delicious eggs but when the cows get hold of an old typewriter things so haywire. The story takes place on Farmer Brown’s farm on sunny afternoons where Farmer Brown hears a strange noise coming from his barn; “Click, Clack, Moo”. It turns out that the cows are not happy with their living situations and demand through typed notes that they want electric blankets for the cold summer nights. They say that they will give no milk until they get them! Then the hens unite with the cows and say they want electric blankets too or else no eggs for Farmer Brown. Farmer Brown ends up giving in and making a deal to give electric blankets for the type writer; having the ducks be the mutual party, the ducks go to get the type writer for the farmer. The farmer gets his milk and eggs but no type writer. Now the ducks were leaving notes telling the farmer they’d like a diving board for the boring pond. The last page shows a duck diving off a diving board.
This book was hilarious and I think children would find this to be one of their favorites declaring that they want it read over and over again. The plot is quite a funny one with ironic features such as the duck getting a diving board in the end even though they were supposed to be a mutual party and the farmer getting the tables turned to where he was no longer in charge; it was the cows, hens, and ducks in charge now! The plot keeps the reader plugged into what’s going to happen next with humor and suspense to how the farmer will go about solving this problem. Every page has a unique touch with water colored, cartoon like pictures that establish a mood. An example of this is in a picture when the cows and hens stand with curious smiles and in the background is Farmer Brown mad as can be. I would use this book to read aloud to younger children or as a beginning reader book to kindergarten children. You could use this book for the repeating musical aspect of “Click, clack, moo” and have children read those lines as a group aloud as a fun way to make this book a participation book. They can also problem solve and see what they would do if they were Farmer Brown’s shoes.