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40 pp.
| McElderry |
July, 2010 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4169-4206-1$16.99
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Illustrated by
Marcellus Hall.
A farmer's horses love hay, his geese gobble corn, and his dog wags its tail, but his cow only eats cookies. Thick black ink outlines the subdued watercolors showing a jolly farmer caring for his menagerie. While the rhyming text is accessible, some of its placement is odd. Also, the story's denouement--farmer and cow dunking cookies in fresh-squeezed milk--is a tad bizarre.