Picture Books We Love: CLICK, CLACK, MOO Cows That Type

We acquired CLICK, CLACK, MOO Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin from some friends of ours whose older children had outgrown it.  This book traveled with us in our Honda Accord all the way from Davis, California, to New Orleans, Louisiana, along with Mary and her potty and our two cats and the litter pan they refused to use. 

I have to say there is no great moral lesson in this far-fetched tale, but it is really a funny book that our children love.  Farmer Brown has some odd cows--they like to type.  This method of communication empowers the cows in a sense.  First, they demand electric blankets for themselves.  Then, they demand electric blankets for the hens, too.  To show that they mean business, the cows and hens go on strike!  In need of milk and eggs, Farmer Brown agrees to an exchange through Duck: electric blankets for the typewriter.  The best part of this book is the predictable repetition of "Click, clack, moo.  Click, clack, moo.  Clickety, clack, moo."  There's a really neat twist at the end, too!