Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York, NY
Year: 2000
Summary:
"Click,
Clack, Moo Cows That Type" is by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Betsy
Lewin. This is about Farmer Brown who
hears his cows typing in the barn which is not normal. He soon had a problem; the cows left a typed
note on the barn door demanding electric blankets. Before Farmer Brown knows it he has a problem
the cows go on strike since he denies their demands.
Genre:
The
genre of the story is humor, fantasy, and comedy. The setting takes place on a farm and the
theme is creativity, cleverness, imagination, and conflict resolution.
Personal
Response:
I
absolutely love this book, the illustrations fit perfectly with the words. This book is one of my daughter’s
favorites. I like how the illustrations
aren’t designed to perfection like most books.
I like how Doreen Cronin wrote this book from a child’s perspective and
that the words are easy to understand.
This book challenges the reader’s imagination in a great way.
Doreen
Cronin Bio:
Doreen
Cronin was born in Queens, New York and grew up in Long Island. She graduated from Pennsylvania State
University and then continued to St. John’s University School of Law. She published her first book "Click, Clack
Moo: Cows That Type" while she was a practicing attorney in Manhattan. She originally wrote this tale while
attending law school. It was not easy to
get this book published; in fact she received several denial letters from
publishers. It took her five years to
finally get this book published. After
publishing this book she decided that she couldn’t be a practicing attorney and
a children’s book author so she decided to leave the attorney life and devote
her time to writing. She currently lives
in New York with her husband.
"Click,
Clack, Moo: Cows That Type" received several literary awards:
Other
books by Doreen Cronin:
Giggle,
Giggle, Quack Duck for
President
A
Busy Day at the Farm The
Trouble with Chickens
Click,
Clack, 123 Thump,
Quack, Moo
Click,
Clack, ABC Click,
Clack, Quackity-Quak
Diary
of a Worm Dooby
Dooby Moo
Click,
Clack, Splish, Splash- illustrator
Motivational
Activities/Readers Response Questions:
Students
will be allowed to use teacher’s typewriter and type up their list of
demands. After they have typed up their
demands they will be allowed to share with the entire class.
Students
will make their own animal mask
If
you were Farmer Brown how would you solve the problem?
If
you were the cow that had a typewriter what would be your demand?
If
you were Farmer Brown would you have given into their list of demands? Explain your answer.
Bibliography:
Cronin, D.
(2000). Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. New York, NY: Atheneum Books
for Young Readers, Simon & Schuster.
Cronin, D.
(2012). Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type. In goodreads. Retrieved
November 29, 2012, from http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/766955.Click_Clack_Moo
Scholastic Inc. (2012). Biography.
In Scholastic. Retrieved November 29, 2012, from http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/contributor/doreen-cronin-0
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