Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type

Author: - Doreen Cronin

Title: Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type

Illustrator: Betsy Lewin

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.

Year: - 2000

Format: - Soft Cover

Genre: - Caldecott

Reading Level: - Early Elementary

Interest Level: - Assisted Reader

Topics: - Animals, Chickens, Cows, Typewriters, Farms, Picture Book

Summary: Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type is about a group of cows that live on a farm. They love to type and it frustrates their owner Farmer Brown. The cows ask Farmer Brown for heated blankets because it gets very cold at night. He refuses to give them blankets so the cows write him a note telling him that they are going ton strike and they are not giving him milk! The next day he receives another note telling him that he needs tot give the chickens heated blankets too because they are also cold. He refused so the chickens went on strike as well, no eggs. Farmer Brown is going crazy! He can't run a farm without eggs and milk. He writes a letter to the cows and chickens explaining that they are not getting electric blanket and he demands milk and eggs. The farm animals have a meeting and they decide to write him a letter saying that they will give up the typewriter if they all get heated blankets. The Farmer contemplated and decided that was a great idea and all the animals were happy and warm.

Extension Activities: Use a white paper lunch bag if you can. Use the construction paper or markers to make a face on the bottom of the paper bag. The mouth will be on the bottom edge where the bag is folded. You can also use felt and cut out eyes, nose, etc. Cut small, Pointy ear shapes out of construction paper and glue them to the side of the bottom edge of the paper bag. Once your face is drawn, you can finish making your cow by giving it black spots. Dip a small, round sponge into black paint and dab it on the bag. Set it aside until the paint dries.