Adventures of Cow
 The front cover art for Adventures of Cow. | |
| Author | Lori Korchek |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Marshall Taylor |
| Genre | Children's |
| Publisher | Tricycle Press |
Publication date | May 1, 2005 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Adventures of Cow is a 2005 children's picture book series written by Lori Korchek and illustrated by Marshall Taylor.[1][2][3] The sequel, Adventures of Cow, Too, was published in 2007.
Series
[edit]- Adventures of Cow
A squish toy cow travels in a yellow backpack. She asks various misidentified farm animals how to get home, because she is very confused and not really smart. Back home, she talks to her family which are a penguin doorstep, a hippo vase, and a vegetable brush. Her aunt, a vegetable brush, suggests that she write books about her adventures. That causes the toy cow to become famous and appear on TV.[1]
- Adventures of Cow Too
Cow needs groceries and she has just a few items on the list. Also, Cow needs to make it home on time. It has vocabulary mix-ups and silly on-location photographs.[1][4]
Reception
[edit]Adventures of Cow was selected as a Sonder Books Stand Out (2005)[5] and received positive reviews from Eclectica Magazine,[6] The Book Stacks,[7] Kirkus Reviews,[8] and Armchair Interviews.[9]
The School Library Journal reviewed in poorly, stating, "For children in the concrete stages of development, this book will be confusing, not funny. Other youngsters will just be bored."[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c tenspeed.com, author Lori Korchek, Retrieved 2008-11-01
- ^ thebookstacks.com, November 3, 2006, "Travel With a Small Squishy Cow", retrieved 2008-11-01 Archived October 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ econkids.rutgers.edu, Rutgers University, "Review by: Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children", Retrieved 2008-11-01
- ^ kidslit.menasshalivrary.org Archived August 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, "Adventures of Cow, Too", Retrieved 2008-11-01
- ^ "Sonderbooks Book Review of The Adventures of Cow". Sonder Books. Archived from the original on 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
- ^ Mondor, Colleen (Spring 2007). "All Things Bright & Beautiful in Picture Books This Spring". Eclectica Magazine. Archived from the original on 2007-05-02. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
- ^ "Travel With a Small Squishy Cow". The Book Stacks. November 3, 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-10-11. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
- ^ "Adventures of Cow". Kirkus Reviews. May 1, 2005. Archived from the original on 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
- ^ Driggers, Jamie (2008-12-05). "Adventures of Cow". Armchair Interviews. Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
- ^ Janssen, Carolyn (June 2005). School Library Journal. Vol. 51 Issue 6, p118-118, 1/5p