Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
by Doreen Cronin
Illustrated by Betsy Lewin
Genre: Picture Book Sub-Genre: Fiction
Theme: Humor, strike, work unions, compromise
Primary Characters: The Cows
Secondary Characters: Farmer Brown, other farm animals
Awards: 2001 Caldecott Honor Book
Published on February 1, 2000 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type is a hilarious book! The story opens with Farmer Brown hearing the sound of the cows' typing, "all day long". Soon, he goes to the barn and finds a note from his bovine friends, requesting some electric blankets because "the barn is very cold at night". When he doesn't comply right away, the cows go on strike! He comes back to find a second note that reads: "Sorry. We're closed. No milk today." And so his plight continues! Eventually he and the cows come to an agreement. This book would be useful for teaching an invaluable lesson about compromise, an important concept for younger students to learn early on in elementary school. It could be used in conjunction with a guidance lesson on cooperation.
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