Caldecott Award Winning Book #2

Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type

by Doreen Cronin

pictures by Betsy Lewin

This book was a Caldecott Honor Book for 2001. The story begins telling about Farmer Brown's problem. His cows like to type and all day long he hears the sounds click, clack, moo. The cows start typing messages demanding things like electric blankets because the barn is very cold at night. One day the cows went on strike and left a typed note saying that the barn is closed and there would be no milk today. Then the hens start making demands. The farmer gets mad and types his own message refusing the requests. The cows type a final note saying that they will exchange their typewriter for electric blankets. Farmer Brown thinks this is a fair compromise and leaves the blankets by the barn door as requested and waits for Duck to come with the typewriter. The next morning the ducks get in on the action by typing a note requesting a diving board. The final picture shows a duck diving off a diving board into the pond. The pictures are done with watercolors and definitely add a lot to the humor of the story. Children love to listen to this story read aloud and always laugh when they see the funny pictures.