The Cow Who Clucked
Written and Illustrated by Denise Fleming
Genre: Picture Book Sub-Genre: Fiction
Themes: Persistence, frustration, identity
Primary Character: Cow
Secondary Characters: Various other farmyard animals, including a small flock of baby chicks who take to following Cow
Awards: 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Published August 8, 2006 by Henry Holt and Co.
This book follows Cow as she wakes up one morning to find that she is clucking instead of mooing! She sets out to find whoever has her moo, inquiring about it to the other animals in the barnyard and on the farm. Along the way, a group of baby chicks begins to follow her, as her clucking sounds just like their mother. As I began to suspect she would, Cow eventually locates her "moo".. the hen has it! The two "swap back" in a happy ending for cow. The Cow Who Clucked would be a good book for a younger class, perhaps kindergarten or first grade, because its rhyming style and repetition would be fun for students around this age to say along with their teacher as the book is read aloud.
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