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Lots of puns and good rhyming
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Sailor Moo: Cow at Sea
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Moo dreams of becoming a sailor. Little does she know, when she sets off toward the sea, that the first crew she joins will be composed of cats. Or that she herself will be hailed by a shipload of pirate steers as their captain's dairy queen. It's amoozing where a dream can take a girl -- a truth which Lisa Wheeler
and Ponder Goembel relish here in rollicking words and witty, windblown pictures.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published July 1,2002
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32 pages, Hardcover
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July 1, 2002 by Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books
- ISBN
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9780689842191
- ASIN
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0689842198
- Language
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English
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I have not been the same since learning about the poop deck as a child
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Parents, Pre-K through 1st grade teachers, and librarians, this review is for YOU. If you don't have SAILOR MOO: COW AT SEA in your collection, the young children in your life are missing out big time.
This book was love at first sight for me. Or I should say, love at first listen. I was at a writer’s conference maybe seven or so years ago when I heard the author, Lisa Wheeler, read this book aloud. Perhaps my response to it had something to do with my fondness for cows when I was a child. In fact, my dad still says “Look, Mamy, COW!” whenever he’s with me and we happen to pass a pasture. But really, I hadn’t realized just how much I still loved cows until I heard Lisa Wheeler tell me the story of Sailor Moo.
This book is so charming and humorous that the author could have been selling a full farm that day and I would’ve been first in line for it. And the funny thing is, I’m not much of a “rhyming” picture book person; they often feel forced and cheesy to me. But this book . . . well, I’ll refer back to the Amazon product description for an example: "Moo loved the way the ocean sang. / 'Like moo-sic,' she would utter, / as rocking, rolling ocean waves / would churn her milk to butter."
And it goes on and on, clever page after clever page. I love all of Lisa Wheeler’s books because her rhymes make perfect sense and read in a linear fashion, rather than the way so many other picture books twist the sentences to force a rhyme.
I’ve read this book several times to my daughters’ classrooms, and without fail, I’ve been asked by the kids to read it again. And they’re always more than willing to say the refrain with me in pirate talk: “Yo Ho Ho, and a shiver-me-be!”
Because, you know, the pirate cows obviously need to talk like Blackbeard. And don’t forget to talk like the fishing boat captain, either: the hissing Captain Silver Claw.
This is my all-time favorite read aloud! Hope you’ll give it a try!
This book was love at first sight for me. Or I should say, love at first listen. I was at a writer’s conference maybe seven or so years ago when I heard the author, Lisa Wheeler, read this book aloud. Perhaps my response to it had something to do with my fondness for cows when I was a child. In fact, my dad still says “Look, Mamy, COW!” whenever he’s with me and we happen to pass a pasture. But really, I hadn’t realized just how much I still loved cows until I heard Lisa Wheeler tell me the story of Sailor Moo.
This book is so charming and humorous that the author could have been selling a full farm that day and I would’ve been first in line for it. And the funny thing is, I’m not much of a “rhyming” picture book person; they often feel forced and cheesy to me. But this book . . . well, I’ll refer back to the Amazon product description for an example: "Moo loved the way the ocean sang. / 'Like moo-sic,' she would utter, / as rocking, rolling ocean waves / would churn her milk to butter."
And it goes on and on, clever page after clever page. I love all of Lisa Wheeler’s books because her rhymes make perfect sense and read in a linear fashion, rather than the way so many other picture books twist the sentences to force a rhyme.
I’ve read this book several times to my daughters’ classrooms, and without fail, I’ve been asked by the kids to read it again. And they’re always more than willing to say the refrain with me in pirate talk: “Yo Ho Ho, and a shiver-me-be!”
Because, you know, the pirate cows obviously need to talk like Blackbeard. And don’t forget to talk like the fishing boat captain, either: the hissing Captain Silver Claw.
This is my all-time favorite read aloud! Hope you’ll give it a try!
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Why do I love this book so much? Perhaps it's the clever rhymes and the sea-chantey tempo, which is just what was needed for a book about a cow at sea. Without the tempo, it's just a silly book. With the tempo, it's an epic of the waves! Sailor Moo, a young cow, finds a berth with some cats, earning her way by giving them milk. (Which...would make her a mother, but let's ignore that.) Then she hooks up with a team of actual sailing cows! Including their very handsome red bull captain. But the cows hide a nefarious secret. When Sailor Moo discovers the true nature of the ship and crew, she takes a stand, and makes the captain rethink his own life.
I can not tell you how many times I've typed "Sailor Moon," by the way.
This is a pretty universally appealing book, though, of course, kids who like pirates or cows are going to be particularly drawn in. I'd recommend this for library storytimes, for certain! You could start a good call-and-response for the chantey sections, really drawing your kids in. This is also a good pick for a picture book gift, so long as you're willing to help the parents out by reading this after they've had to do so for about the hundredth time!
I can not tell you how many times I've typed "Sailor Moon," by the way.
This is a pretty universally appealing book, though, of course, kids who like pirates or cows are going to be particularly drawn in. I'd recommend this for library storytimes, for certain! You could start a good call-and-response for the chantey sections, really drawing your kids in. This is also a good pick for a picture book gift, so long as you're willing to help the parents out by reading this after they've had to do so for about the hundredth time!
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I'm such a sucker for rhyming picture books! This is a fun book to read and so creative.
Jan 29, 2021 We read this again before bed ❤️
Jan 29, 2021 We read this again before bed ❤️
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Little Moo unlike the other cows was not content, she longed to sail the seven seas. So she followed her dream, and became the ship's cook on a crew composed of cats, but when she was tossed overboard by a storm, and rescued by a Bovine filled pirate ship, and found herself in disbelief, until the tides were turned in her favor.
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So so cute and clever, and illustrations beautifully done.
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Cute cow love story with great illustrations and fun rhymes. Funny dairy puns/jokes.
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