Are You A Cow?
by
Sandra Boynton
Order:
USA
Can
Simon & Schuster, 2012 (2012)
Hardcover
Reviewed by Bob Walch
S
andra Boynton's board books have become favorites with both children and adults. Her wonderful animals with their puzzled looks have struck a chord with both young and old that make these simple picture books fun to look at over and over again.
T
his latest addition to the series that now numbers ten titles features a chicken who bellows out, '
HEY! I'm a chicken. Yes, it's true. Tell me! Tell me! What are you?
'
O
n the following pages the reader is asked if he or she is a cow, dog, duck, frog, lamb, or pig. Of course the answer is, '
NO!
' Then the rhymed text changes course slightly.
'
You are not a HIPPO. You are small. They are big,
' it reads. '
Are you a BEAR who does not frown? Are you a CHICKEN upside-down?
'
T
he silliness ends after determining that you are not a penguin either with a simple declaration – '
You must be YOU! Now isn't that great!
'
W
hether you want to make a toddler giggle or put a smile on the face of an older individual, this cool little book is a surefire way to accomplish the task. With just a few, deft strokes of her pen Sandra Boynton is able to make the little critters she creates speak volumes through their wonderful facial expressions.
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