Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type

Picture Book
Title: Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type
Author: Doreen Cronin
Illustrator: Betsy Lewin
Age Level: 3-7
Rating: 3.5 out of 5

Summary
Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type is a Caldecott Honor book that is about a farmer, Farmer Brown, and his animals.  His cows love to type on a typewriter and find it funny to send Farmer Brown typed messages that they want an electric blanket because they are cold and refuse to give milk until they get it.  The hens then refuse to give their eggs until they get blankets, also.  When they make an agreement to trade the blankets for the typewriters the middle man, duck, sneekily takes the typewriter and the book ends with the ducks typing away, asking Farmer Brown for a diving board for their pond.

Opinion
I thought this book was extremely well illustrated and would draw any readers attention in.  The use of watercolor and bold drawings made the story come to life and all the focus was on the illustrations.  This was a fun book to read because of the humor in the storyline and I think many kids will find it very engaging.  The line that is used throughout the book is "Click, clack, moo" and it was a pretty catchy phrase and one that I found myself repeating.  Although the book was esthetically appealing, the story didnt seem to have any important message being conveyed and I did not find much meaning behind the text.

Although I could not find much underlying meaning within the text I would use this book in my classroom as a teacher because I think it would be a fun and engaging book for the students.  Having the kids recite the repeated lines with me would be a good way to keep them interested and interactive.  I do not see this book fitting in well with any particular unit of study so I think this would be a fun book to read during a reading time or at the beginning of class to get the kids excited and laughing.