Cows in the Kitchen

Crebbin, June

ISBN 10: 0763606456 / ISBN 13: 9780763606459

Published by Candlewick, 1998

About this Item

Seller Inventory # 0763606456-VB

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cows in the Kitchen
• Publisher: Candlewick
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0763606456
• ISBN 13: 9780763606459
• Binding: hardcover
• Illustrator: McEwen, Katharine
• Condition: As New

About this title

Synopsis

Tom Farmer wakes up to mischief in a sprightly read-aloud that children will scramble to participate in.

While Tom Farmer naps in the haystack, his animals take over the farmhouse. There are cows in the kitchen, ducks in the cupboard, hens on the hat stand, pigs in the pantry, and even sheep on the sofa! What will happen when Tom Farmer wakes up? June Crebbin's boisterous text—a wild and wacky version of a nursery song modeled on "Skip to My Lou"—and Katharine McEwen's spririted illustrations combine for some riotous barnyard fun.

About the Author

June Crebbin taught school before retiring in order to devote herself entirely to writing. She says, "While I was visiting the preschool-aged children at the school where I used to teach, they were singing a version of 'Cows in the Kitchen.' I thought it was so much fun that it inspired me to write my own!"

Katharine McEwen recently graduated from a three-year course in illustration. "What I like about this story," she says, "is the mischievous nature of all the animals. I loved painting the chaos they caused, especially in the final pages."