Cronin, Doreen (2000). Click Clack Moo Cows That Type. Illustrated by Betsy Lewin. New York, NY: Scholastic.
Brief Annotation: The cows in the story request things from the farmer via an old typewriter. The cows find the barn very cold and ask the farmer to provide electric blankets, which he does not. So the cows go on strike and provide no milk. The hens then want electric blankets too, which they do not receive, so they do not lay eggs for the farmer. A duck becomes a neutral party in the story between the animals and the farmer. The farmer finally provides electric blankets in exchange for the typewriter. The hens and cows accept this offer. However, the duck never brought the typewriter back to the farmer as promised. The ducks now ask the farmer for a diving board for their pond and are given one right away!
Genre: Fantasy
Grade Level: PreK- 2
Readers who will like this: Children who enjoy books pertaining to farm life, while seeing the humor in the fictitous storyline.
Response/Rating (1-4): I would rate this book a 3
One question you would ask before a read aloud: Does anyone know what a typewriter is?
Brief Annotation: The cows in the story request things from the farmer via an old typewriter. The cows find the barn very cold and ask the farmer to provide electric blankets, which he does not. So the cows go on strike and provide no milk. The hens then want electric blankets too, which they do not receive, so they do not lay eggs for the farmer. A duck becomes a neutral party in the story between the animals and the farmer. The farmer finally provides electric blankets in exchange for the typewriter. The hens and cows accept this offer. However, the duck never brought the typewriter back to the farmer as promised. The ducks now ask the farmer for a diving board for their pond and are given one right away!
Genre: Fantasy
Grade Level: PreK- 2
Readers who will like this: Children who enjoy books pertaining to farm life, while seeing the humor in the fictitous storyline.
Response/Rating (1-4): I would rate this book a 3
One question you would ask before a read aloud: Does anyone know what a typewriter is?
I love that you remembered to check for students' background knowledge about typewriters. Most young kids today won't have ever seen one! If, as predicted, your students don't know what a typewriter is, what will you do to fill in their schema gap?
ReplyDeleteOn another note: Be careful not to burn yourself out writing annotations. Remember they are supposed to be brief, which doesn't mean skimpy, but you should develop the skill in this project to write 3-4 sentence synopses.