Prudence the Part-Time Cow - Hardcover

Shaffer, Jody Jensen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1627796150 ISBN 13: 9781627796156

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2017

Synopsis

Prudence looks like a full-time cow―she wanders through pastures, she swats flies, and she lines up for supper. But Prudence is a part-time cow―she is also a scientist, an architect, and an inventor, studying and building and dreaming and creating. To the other cows in the herd, Prudence is a bit too part-time. She's just too different to be part of the herd. At first Prudence tries to fit in, suppressing all her scientific smarts and imaginative inventing. But in a moment of inspiration―Cow Power!―Prudence realizes how to show the others that she can be a part-time cow and a full-time member of the herd. Funny and sweet, this is a story for anyone who's ever felt a bit different.

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About the Author

Jody Jensen Shaffer has written many books for children, on everything from ninja warriors to celebrities to grizzlies, including The Way the Cookie Crumbled and Victoria Justice: Television's It Girl. Jody once received a bicycle for winning a haiku contest. She lives in Missouri with her husband and children.

Stephanie Laberis is an illustrator and character designer who specializes in creating art for animation, children's publications, and toys. Her books include Merry and Mythical Stickers and the Animal Inn series. She lives in San Francisco.

From School Library Journal

K-Gr 2—Prudence looks and acts like any other cow, but in reality, she's only a part-time pasture resident. A lifelong reader, she is also a scientist and architect, and she peruses the pages of Bovine Engineering in her spare time. The rest of the cows don't see her as "normal" and certainly NOT "part of the herd." Prudence calculates water temperature and wind speed while standing in the pond, counts the calves as they leave the water, and comes up with inventions to help her friends, but the other cows insist, "She'll never be one of us." Colorful digital art with cartoon humor gives readers plenty of visual clues while Prudence suffers humiliation and attempts to establish her place. It takes a bit of "Cow Power" as Prudence harnesses her creative strengths to find her role among the other cows. Readers will appreciate her newly expanded role and her determination to be a full-time member of the herd. VERDICT A recommended general purchase for libraries with budding scientists and persistent, late-night readers. This tale speaks to creative minds just trying to fit in.—Mary Elam, Learning Media Services, Plano Independent School District, TX

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1627796150
• ISBN 13: 9781627796156
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Laberis Stephanie