Cow - Hardcover

Malachy Doyle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689827865 ISBN 13: 9780689827860

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's, 2002

Synopsis

This title contains oil-on-canvas life-evoking scenes which tell of a day in the life of a cow, from the dawn rising and the early morning walk to the barn to be milked, through the hot summer's day, the evening milking, and dusk. The life-like illustrations give a real sense of being there.

About this title

About the Author

Malachy Doyle is well known for Georgie, Hungry! Hungry! Hungry!, Jody's Beams and other titles. Malachy is a hugely talented, versatile and extremely sought after children's author. He lives in Wales with his family. This is his first picture book for Simon & Schuster. Angelo Rinaldi has illustrated several picture books for children and many book covers. His style is highly accomplished and, in this book, he paints - oil on canvas - the most life evoking scenes. His landscapes breathe. Angelo grew up in Wales with his Italian father, Welsh mother and seven brothers and sisters. He now lives in London.

From Publishers Weekly

A day in the life of a dairy cow is the centerpiece of this handsome and leisurely paced picture book. From dawn breaking in the dew-moistened meadow to a walk back into the field at dusk, Doyle (The Bold Boy) describes the cow's routine eating, resting and dutifully submitting to a milking machine in lulling, second-person text: "Your hooves click on the floor of the yard, the gate opens, and you enter the stall"; "The day warms up, and your breath comes hot and heavy from your broad, wet nose." The author offers occasional glimpses of the farmer and his children ("The children come to swing from the tree. Out over the river") but remains intent on the cow's experience ("You wait by the gate... your milk-full udders aching"). As fine complement, Rinaldi's (Rainy Day) elegantly rendered, photo-realistic oil paintings convey subtle changes in sunlight and shadow; his cows seem so lifelike that readers can almost hear the flies buzzing around them. A departure from the whimsical, Old MacDonald/ Click Clack Moo-style farms typically found in children's stories, this bucolic offering has sure educational value, but it may be realistic to a fault the monotony of the cow's existence seems unlikely to invite repeat readings. Ages 5-9.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0689827865
• ISBN 13: 9780689827860
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32