Adventures of Cow

Adventures of Cow is a 2005 children's picture book series written by Lori Korchek and illustrated by Marshall Taylor.[1][2][3]

Series
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
  • "For children in the concrete stages of development, this book will be confusing, not funny. Other youngsters will just be bored.", Carolyn Janssen, of School Library Journal[5]
  • "Preschoolers will delightedly roar out corrections--'Those aren't cats! They're geese!' -- but Cow's decidedly skewed view of reality will engender hoots from any audience.", Kirkus Reviews[6]
  • "If you are looking for a book to produce quality family time, this one will certainly open up the road for discussion with the six-and-under crowd", Armchair Interviews[7]
  • "...honestly, I really didn't want to like Adventures of Cow (or its sequel, Adventures of Cow, Too), but damned if I couldn't stop happily laughing all the way through the two stories of this silly little plastic heifer", Colleen Mondor, Eclectica[8]
  • ".'.story is told matter-of-factly and simply. Combined with the pictures of the little foam cow, it comes out supremely silly and utterly hilarious", Sonderbook[9]
  • "... I warn you now to watch out for puns. There are a couple of groaners towards the end that I loved", The Book Stacks[10]

References
  1. tenspeed.com, author Lori Korchek, Retrieved 2008-11-01
  2. thebookstacks.com, November 3, 2006, "Travel With a Small Squishy Cow", retrieved 2008-11-01 Archived October 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. econkids.rutgers.edu, Rutgers University, "Review by: Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children", Retrieved 2008-11-01
  4. kidslit.menasshalivrary.org Archived August 27, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, "Adventures of Cow, Too", Retrieved 2008-11-01
  5. School Library Journal; Jun2005, Vol. 51 Issue 6, p118-118, 1/5p
  6. Kirkus Reviews; 5/1/2005, Vol. 73 Issue 9, p541-541, 1/5p
  7. Armchair Interviews Archived December 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  8. by Colleen Mondor, eclectica.org, "All Things Bright & Beautiful in Picture Books This Spring", Retrieved 2008-1-01
  9. sonderbooks.com, "Book Reviews by Sondra", Retrieved 2008-11-01
  10. thebookstacks.com Archived October 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, review of The Adventures of Cow, Retrieved 2008-11-01
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