There's Nothing to D-o-o-o! - Hardcover

Mathews, Judith

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0152016473 ISBN 13: 9780152016470

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers, 1999

Synopsis

Laloo the calf lives on the farm with her mother, Mamoo. One day she looks around and sees the same old--everything. "I want something n-e-w,” Laloo says to her mama. Then she slips through a broken place in the fence and runs away. When Laloo and Mamoo are reunited, Mamoo promises that her child can go exploring again another day s-o-o-o-n.

About this title

About the Author:

Kurt 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.

From Publishers Weekly:

This aimless tale centers on Laloo, a restless calf who utters the title's lament to her mother, Mamoo. The cow's response ("Chew your cud.... Count your stomachs as the green grass travels through you. Have a daydream under the tree. That's what cows d-o-o-o") doesn't satisfy Laloo, who slips through a broken fence and runs away. As she wanders the countryside, the hot, thirsty and tired young animal continually thinks of home and her mother, yet roams on, insisting, "But I want something n-e-w." Mathews's (Nathaniel Willy, Scared Silly) poky plot follows Laloo as she discovers new environments and meets a mouse and raccoon, but nothing ever comes of these encounters; Laloo appears to be apathetic. Cyrus's (Slow Train to Oxmox) effective manipulation of light and perspective gives his watercolor and colored-pencil artwork three-dimensional qualities, especially in scenes of the calf bounding across the hillside in the bright morning sunlight. But even his touching closing images of Mamoo and Laloo reunited can't make up for the emotion missing from the text. Ages 3-6. (May)
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About this edition

• Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0152016473
• ISBN 13: 9780152016470
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Cyrus Kurt