Sixteen Cows

Cowboy Gene loves his eight cows, and Cowgirl Sue loves her eight cows, and both of them like the fence that keeps their pastures--and cows--apart. But then a tornado blows through and takes the fence with it. Will they ever be able to figure out whose cows are whose?

About the author

LISA WHEELER is the author of several award-winning picture books, including Sixteen Cows, One Dark Night, and Mammoths On the Move, which received a Parent's Choice Recommended Award. She lives near Detroit, Michigan. www.lisawheelerbooks.comKurt Cyrus has hammered out such books as Billions of Bricks, Tadpole Rex, and Oddhopper Opera: A Bug’s Garden of Verses. He has also illustrated books by authors such as Eve Bunting (The Bones of Fred McFee), Lisa Wheeler (Mammoths on the Move), and M.T. Anderson (Whales on Stilts). Kurt lives in a small town in Oregon. Visit him online at www.kurtcyrus.com.

Summary

Cowboy Gene loves his eight cows, and Cowgirl Sue loves her eight cows, and both of them like the fence that keeps their pastures--and cows--apart. But then a tornado blows through and takes the fence with it. Will they ever be able to figure out whose cows are whose?

Additional text

"The repetition of the cows' silly names and the ranch-style dialogue will spark a smile or giggle."--School Library Journal

"Great for rowdy story hours."--Booklist

Product details

• Authors: Wheeler Lisa Wheeler, Lisa Wheeler
• Assisted by: Kurt Cyrus (Illustration), Cyrus Kurt Cyrus (Illustration)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 7
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2006
• EAN: 9780152055929
• ISBN: 978-0-15-205592-9
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 279 mm x 229 mm x 4 mm
• Weight: 163 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION: Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION: Lifestyles / Farm & Ranch Life, JUVENILE FICTION: Love & Romance, JUVENILE FICTION: Poetry (see also Stories in Verse) *, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Farm Animals, JUVENILE FICTION: Stories in Verse (see also Poetry), JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Baby Animals, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Marine Life, JUVENILE FICTION: Animals / Cows, JUVENILE FICTION: Westerns