Finally, I decided I wanted to be a cartoonist like Charles Shultz.” Then, after that, I moved to balloon man. Then I realized that was not a possible career choice, so I chose something more realistic: I wanted to be a dinosaur.
“When I was very young, what I wanted to be was a dragon. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.David LaRochelle, an award-winning author and illustrator, didn’t always want to be a writer. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. This book is bold, original, and funny, and should be part of every picture-book collection.–Jess deCourcy Hinds, Bard High School Early College, Queens, NYα(c) Copyright 2013. Even the very young will see how exclamation points and dashes can create a choppy, nervous feeling when the cow is confronted by a police officer. For many children, this book will be their first introduction to punctuation. For example, when the cow drives off a cliff, her moo arcs up and then loops down, indicating the rise and fall of her bellow.
Children will laugh at the use of type and the artful arrangement of letters to convey action and sound.
The word “moo” appears on most spreads in a variety of font sizes, from tiny to gigantic, depending on the emotion of the moment. The cow is the focus of each bright, borderless spread, and some pages include comedic close-ups of her face. Turn a page, and she has an inquisitive, “Moo?” when she sees a car for sale soon enough, she's on a joyride up and down the hillsides. On the first page, the cow has a contented, peaceful moo. It is hard to imagine a more expressive cow than this title's cartoon bovine. PreS-Gr 2–There are only a handful of words in this book the most important one is “Moo.” Punctuation, repetition, and rhythm give it multiple meanings as readers turn the pages, which are joyfully illustrated with splashy gouache primary colors.
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