Adventures of Cow

Adventures of Cow
The front cover art for Adventures of Cow.
AuthorLori Korchek
IllustratorMarshall Taylor
GenreChildren's
PublisherTricycle Press
Publication date
May 1, 2005
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)

Adventures of Cow is a 2005 children's picture book series written by Lori Korchek and illustrated by Marshall Taylor.[1][2][3] The sequel, Adventures of Cow, Too, was published in 2007.

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

Adventures of Cow was selected as a Sonder Books Stand Out (2005)[5] and received positive reviews from Eclectica Magazine,[6] The Book Stacks,[7] Kirkus Reviews,[8] and Armchair Interviews.[9]

The School Library Journal reviewed in poorly, stating, "For children in the concrete stages of development, this book will be confusing, not funny. Other youngsters will just be bored."[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ "Sonderbooks Book Review of The Adventures of Cow". Sonder Books. Archived from the original on 2007-10-27. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  6. ^ Mondor, Colleen (Spring 2007). "All Things Bright & Beautiful in Picture Books This Spring". Eclectica Magazine. Archived from the original on 2007-05-02. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  7. ^ "Travel With a Small Squishy Cow". The Book Stacks. November 3, 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-10-11. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  8. ^ "Adventures of Cow". Kirkus Reviews. May 1, 2005. Archived from the original on 2021-10-29. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  9. ^ Driggers, Jamie (2008-12-05). "Adventures of Cow". Armchair Interviews. Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  10. ^ Janssen, Carolyn (June 2005). School Library Journal. Vol. 51 Issue 6, p118-118, 1/5p