When Cows Come Home for Christmas - Softcover

Chaconas, Dori

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807588768 ISBN 13: 9780807588765

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 2008

Synopsis

The cows have come back to the family home, to be together around the Christmas tree. But while dancing the Cowpoke Polka, Moosha crashes through the floor! She is stuck, right in the only place the tree can go. Will Christmas even come this year?

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About the Author

Dori Chaconas was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The second child in a family of seven, Dori fell into the role of storyteller, nursery rhyme singer, and general entertainer for her siblings. She claims she learned about story pacing early. If the story action lagged, her fidgety audience would either scatter or start a poking war.

She has been married to Nick, her high school sweetheart, for 50 years. Everyone says the romance will last. They raised four daughters, and are now enjoying three grandsons-especially Grandpa, having been outnumbered by women all those years.

When their daughters were young, Dori wrote for them. She published three picture books and more than fifty stories in children's magazines. In the 70's, her interest turned to yarn embroidery design and she sold designs to major needlework companies and national magazines.

In 1997, Dori started writing stories again, partly to keep her grandsons from fidgeting or starting poking wars. Her stories reflect the warmth of family life. Dori gives credit to her parents for giving her a strong sense of family, and to her children and grandchildren for keeping it alive.
 

I am a children's book illustrator, born in London, but living in Sheffield for 20 years now. I have around 30 published books, mostly picture books, one of which I also wrote. I am currently working on more story ideas of my own. You can see all my children's books on my website at www.lynnechapman.co.uk.

From Booklist

PreS-Gr. 2. This rhyming story of what happens when too many cows come home--not to a barn, but to a real house--is a nifty twist on holiday books. Using pastel chalk, Chapman gives barnyard bovines a homey, humorous look, decking them out in overalls, jumpers, and, for one baby calf, jammies. The story moves from greeting at the door on a winter's night, with chalky mounds of snow and a sky dotted with stars, to cows' chowing down and then joining in a Cowpoke Polka. The crisis comes when Moosha's hooves get stuck in the floor (the very spot where the Christmas tree should stand), and the others--cows, horses, goats, pigs, and even a tractor--work to pull Moosha out. Their failure leads to a new Christmas tradition--decorating the cow. Giddy, goofy fun. Connie Fletcher
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About this edition

• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0807588768
• ISBN 13: 9780807588765
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Chapman Lynne