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Cow Says Meow: A Peep-and-See Book

by (author) Kirsti Call

illustrated by Brandon James Scott

Publisher
HarperCollins
Initial publish date
Mar 2021
Category
General, Horses, Girls & Women, Humorous Stories, Farm Animals, Birds, Dogs, Cows, Pets, Pigs, Cats
Recommended Age
4 to 7
Recommended Grade
p to 3
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780358423348
    Publish Date
    Mar 2021
    List Price
    $18.99

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Description

A humorous picture book filled with wordplay and mixed-up onomatopoeia, Cow Says Meow features bold graphic art, silly animals, and unique cover cutouts at the front and back.

Cow says . . . Meow!

Cat says . . . Neigh!

. . . or does it?

With bold graphic art and a punny narrator, this zany picture book is full of outrageously mixed-up animal sounds. Puns and wordplay will leave readers giggling through the roller coaster of sounds all the way to the final pages featuring the correct animal noises. Cow Says Meow is a perfect read-aloud for home, the classroom, or anywhere else and will delight fans of Cece Bell’s I Yam a Donkey and David Ezra Stein's Interrupting Chicken.

Available as a lower-priced hardcover edition.

About the authors

Kirsti Call is the author of Mootilda's Bad Mood, and other farm-related picture books. She lives outside of Boston where she gets inspiration from her five kids, husband, and backyard chickens. Instagram @kirsticall; kirsticall.com

Kirsti Call's profile page

Brandon James Scott is the illustrator of The Dog Who Wanted to Fly, a Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens of 2018, Snow Falls, which was selected for the 2020 Society of Illustrators’ Original Art Exhibition, and the upcoming Cow Says Meow. He is also an Emmy Award-nominated creator of the Canadian preschool television series Justin Time and is an animation director with over ten years' experience in the animation industry. Brandon lives with his family in Toronto, Canada.

Brandon James Scott's profile page

Editorial Reviews

★ "Children will be delighted with the combination of onomatopoeia and puns in this amusing read-aloud that will introduce a new generation to witty wordplay."—School Library Journal, STARRED review "Children will giggle over the absurdly wrong sounds the animals make at each page turn."—Kirkus Reviews

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