Santa Cows

Cooper Edens

ISBN 10: 0689822006 / ISBN 13: 9780689822001

Published by Aladdin, 1998

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0689822006I4N00

Synopsis:

'Tis the night before Christmas and Elwood and his family are snug at home enjoying video games, TV, and a microwave meal. Suddenly, a strange mooing comes to their ears. Flinging open the shutters, they're amazed to discover a sky full of udders! Down the chimney come the Santa Cows. With dewy eyes like Liz Taylor's and radiant smiles, the cows bear wondrous gifts for one and all. It's a Christmas the family will never forget.

From Publishers Weekly: As this offbeat parody of "The Night Before Christmas" opens, the family is enjoying a Christmas feast of pizza, popcorn and microwaved eel and clam cakes: "When all of a sudden, not the sound of reindeers, / But the mooing of Santa Cows came to our ear. / So we ran to the windows and opened the shutters. / We threw up the blinds to a sky full of udders." The Santa Cows, with eyes "like Liz Taylor's," are coming and bringing with them a beautiful tree, a concert of carols and equipment for a Christmas Day baseball game. Lane's warm, slightly fuzzy illustrations, full of strange details and odd knickknacks, make this wacky fantasy seem possible, as they did in The Cherry Migration. At less than half the length of Moore's original, the story will leave readers who appreciate its irreverent humor wanting more but pleased with a refreshingly different Christmas offering. Ages 7-up.
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Bibliographic Details

Title: Santa Cows
Publisher: Aladdin
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Paperback
Illustrator: Lane, Daniel
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket