(2) K-3 In five vignettes that take place over the course of a day, Bob and Tom--a pair of not-too-bright, old-codger turkeys living on a small farm--encounter, discuss, and solve a series of ridiculous problems. What is the secret to buoyancy in the pond? "Suits that swim," of course: "Why do you think they're called swimming suits?" A fine addition to the literature of nitwittery.

Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2017

(3) K-3 Snail and Slug bond over their complementary cooking and reading skills, the danger of salt, and the luxury of Snail's improbably roomy shell. Cartoonishly expressive mixed-media illustrations depict the endearingly domestic duo's burgeoning friendship, rendering them wide-eyed and lumpy against bright backgrounds that effectively contrast indoor and outdoor settings. A threatening banana slug introduces last-minute tension, only to be (somewhat gruesomely) defeated by salt.

Reviewer: Sheila M. Geraty

(4) K-3 Hamlet the pig's family isn't interested in poetry, so he reads his poems to his reflection in the pond. His sensitive works draw an audience of all the animals within listening distance. The be-your-own-pig message isn't subtle, but the text's creative imagery will appeal to budding poets, and the pastoral illustrations add personality to Cazet's characters and setting.

Reviewer: Beth L. Meister

(2) K-3 I Can Read Book series. The third in this series, the story opens with Grandpa and Grandma Spanielson caring for their grandpup, Barney, sick with the chicken pox. Grandpa tells another outlandish story, and Cazet signals the narrative switch with a stylistic change in illustrations. He then continues to introduce increasingly sophisticated reading demands. With Barney on the road to recovery, fans may wish for a relapse.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2007

(3) K-3 I Can Read Book series. It's the farmer's birthday. Minnie plans to leave her gift--a cream puff--under his pillow, but Moo has nothing to offer. A chicken-sheep collision inspires Moo to knit the farmer a sweater--which is lumpy, sneezes, and moans. And where'd chicken Elvis go? The farmer doesn't know what's happening, but observant readers will. Zany illustrations and deadpan text combine for high absurdity.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(2) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Minnie and Moo decide to ask a bank for some moola to help Mr. and Mrs. Farmer pay their bills. But who would give money to two cows? Disguises are in order, which sets up the kinds of misconceptions that drive the Minnie and Moo adventures. With the visual slapstick signaling bovine burglars and the straightforward text indicating clueless cows, the ensuing romp continues until the cows come home.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2006

(2) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Grandpa Spanielson tells his sick grandpup one of his "famous anti-itch Chicken Pox Stories"--an adventurous yarn about a swashbuckling swordfish fight with a giant octopus. In this ambitious start to a new I Can Read series, Cazet helps readers with the story-within-a-story format by providing plenty of visual clues to signal the change from the sickbed to the anti-itch story.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2005

(2) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Youngsters learning to read have spent many a holiday with cows Minnie and Moo. At Easter, the two discover the farmer doesn't want to dress up like the Easter Bunny for his grandchildren. So they fashion their own parade with all the animals joining in. Cazet's illustrations add visual humor to the cows' deadpan delivery as they try to explain their convoluted version of Easter.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2004

(4) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Although other roosters might say "please" and "thank you," Elvis remains a "rooster's rooster" and demands whatever he wants. When polite peacock Cluck Gable shows up and wows the hens with his tail feathers, Elvis has to use the magic words--at least sometimes. The story line is a bit muddled, but new readers will delight in the text's and illustrations' wit and attitude.

Reviewer: Patricia Riley

(2) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Cow Minnie leads all the farm animals through her own version of trick-or-treat. She rings doorbells, performs a trick, and gets some candy. She also manages to slip in a "Who's on first" routine along the way. "'What's your name, kid?' 'Moo,' said Moo. 'I know cows go moo,' said the man. 'But what's your name?'" Cazet's illustrations add visual humor to the cows' deadpan delivery.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2004

(3) K-3 I Can Read Book series. One morning, Elvis, the egotistical rooster from the Minnie and Moo series, swallows a bug and his fine voice fails him. The chickens stage his comeback but muddle the production with their own misconceptions concerning his crisis of confidence. A fine lesson in beginning consonant sounds, illustrated with Cazet's familiar wacky art.

Reviewer: Betty Carter

(2) 1-3 Children whose reading skills, but not their taste in reading matter, have matured can join cows Minnie and Moo in their first chapter book. Cazet provides illustrations every few pages to pace and outline the comical plot, a slighly more advanced vocabulary, plenty of droll dialogue, and a cast of familiar characters. This extended story allows kids easy entry into the world's eighth wonder: reading.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2004

(4) K-3 I Can Read Book series. Unlike their previous escapades, in which the hapless bovines misinterpret normal events as abnormal occurrences, this time Minnie and Moo witness something truly strange: a potato delivering for Universal Package Service crashes on their farm. Using coincidence rather than his trademark animal ingenuity, Cazet solves the UPS problem with rocket retrofitting and a generous donation of Minnie's white "space fuel."

Reviewer: Betty Carter

(2) K-3 I Can Read Book series. When cows Minnie and Moo find the farmer's misplaced Christmas gifts, they dress as Santa and Mrs. Claus, adorn the heads of eight chickens with plastic forks, paint the rooster's beak red, hitch the fowl ones to a wheel-less wheelbarrow, and take off for the farmer's house. Using a manageably small sight vocabulary, Cazet imbues each wacky character with personality. The illustrations detail the udder chaos with understated aplomb.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2002

(2) K-3 I Can Read Book series. It's Valentine's Day on the farm, and Minnie and Moo dress up in cupid costumes, and shoot love poems attached to arrows at "the needy." However, they send the farmer's wife a poem intended for the turkeys and the farmer a ditty written for the goats. This series takes nothing seriously, except the unobtrusive aids (simplified vocabulary; zany illustrations; clever language; and a fast-moving plot) it provides beginning readers.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2003

(4) K-3 I Can Read Book series. When the farm animals report a glowing monster in the barn, cows Minnie and Moo seek out the answer to the mystery. The abrupt resolution is not entirely satisfying, but the story's blend of suspense and humor is just right for the beginning reader audience, and the lighthearted illustrations don't overwhelm the text.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

(4) K-3 Arnie and Raymond are back home after another fun-filled day in their energetic first-grade classroom. They tell Arnie's mother about Halloween day, while the whimsical watercolor illustrations and dialogue balloons show their class's Halloween activities veering toward chaos. The zany dialogue is difficult to follow, but the spirited first graders are realistically energetic.

Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt

(2) K-3 Minnie and Moo are back in two noodlehead stories beefed up with appropriately grandiose exaggeration. In Thanksgiving, the cow "girls" help all the edible domestic animals hide from the farmer. The more convoluted Zorro relies on the illustrations to carry the action. Without an ounce of condescension toward his audience, Cazet delivers his slapstick in eight rapid-fire chapters filled with verbal wordplay.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2000

(2) K-3 Minnie and Moo are back in two noodlehead stories beefed up with appropriately grandiose exaggeration. In Thanksgiving, the cow "girls" help all the edible domestic animals hide from the farmer. The more convoluted Zorro relies on the illustrations to carry the action. Without an ounce of condescension toward his audience, Cazet delivers his slapstick in eight rapid-fire chapters filled with verbal wordplay.

Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2000

(3) K-3 In Paris, cows Minnie and Moo go traveling and mistake various local sights for Africa, Paris, and China. In Earth, when some large "bugs" attack, they fight back mercilessly with a flyswatter, unaware that they're actually exterminating space invaders. While Paris ends a bit abruptly, both books, including the lively watercolor and pencil illustrations, are refreshingly wacky.

Reviewer: Martha Sibert