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Cronin, Doreen. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type; illus. by Betsy Lewin. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.

1 v. (unpaged): col. ill. ; 27 cm. ISBN: 0689832133; LCCN: 97-29718. Picture Book; Dewey: [E] / RL: 1.3 (Follett), 2.3 (AR).

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Other Books by Doreen Cronin

   Diary of a Worm

Duck for President          

Giggle, Giggle, Quack

For Teachers and Librarians

VOTING MATERS

The 2004 election will be sure to lead to searches for good books on elections and voting for the K-3 crowd. Along with Duck for President, try a few of these others.

n Cronin, Doreen. Duck for President. 
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2004. (-E-) RL 3.3  When Duck gets tired of working for Farmer Brown, his political ambition eventually leads to his being elected President.

n Christelow, Eileen. Vote! Clarion Books, 2004, c2003. (324.973)  RL 4.8 Using a campaign for mayor as an example, this book shows the steps involved in an election, from the candidate's speeches and rallies, to the voting booth where every vote counts, to the announcement of the winner.

n Krosoczka, Jarrett. Max for President             Knopf , Distributed by Random House, c2004.  (-E-) RL 3.5  Max and Kelly both want to win the election for class president, but when one of them loses, the winner finds a way to make the loser feel better.

n Sisulu, Elinor.The Day Gogo Went to Vote.
Little, Brown, c1996. (-E-)  RL 3.5  Thembi and her beloved great-grandmother, who has not left the house for many years, go together to vote on the momentous day when black South Africans are allowed to vote for the first time.

n Wooldridge, Connie Nordhielm. When Esther Morris Headed West : Women, Wyoming, and the Right to Vote.  Holiday House, c2001. (324.6) RL 4.5
Wyoming was the first state to grant women the right to vote, long before the nation recognized the importance of this right. One of the reasons must have been Esther Morris. Esther was a real person whose story is filled with the personality of an old west tale.

DOREEN CRONIN, AUTHOR

n  Doreen Cronin Biographical Sketch

Picture from Pippin Properties, Inc. For educational purposes only.

BETSY LEWIN, ILLUSTRATOR

Picture from www.BetsyLewin.Com For educational purposes only.

n Betsy Lewin Website

n Betsy Lewin biography at National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature

Read Alone

 For Students: COWS ON the MOO-VE!

Since the day the cow jumped over the moon, we people have liked cows and wanted them to succeed.  These books for beginning readers will fill a need to read more about brash and savvy bovines.

n Cazet, Denys. Minnie and Moo and the Musk of Zorro. Dorling Kindersley, 2000. (-E-) RL 1.2. One of a series of books about Minnie and Moo, cows who will inspire you to laugh, giggle, and guffaw.

n Egan, Tim. Metropolitan Cow. Houghton Mifflin, c1996. (-E-)  RL 4.1. Although his parents, very cosmopolitan cows, are uncomfortable with the idea, Bennett becomes good friends with Webster, a young pig who moves in next door.

n Ernst, Lisa Campbell. When Bluebell Sang. 
Aladdin Paperbacks, 1992, c1989. (-E-) RL 2.5. A cow with a beautiful voice and a greedy manager. What will Bluebell do to be happy?
AR 3.5, LG, 0.5, 5497

n  Paterson, Katherine. The Smallest Cow in the World. HarperTrophy, c1991. (-E-) RL 1.9. A small boy has a small cow that is mean as a snake, and ornery as a wild mustang. Why should he want to keep him?
AR 2.0, LG, 0.5, 44220  

n Spinelli, Eileen. Something to Tell the Grandcows.
 Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2004. (-E-) RL 4.4. Historical fiction in the tradition of Mr. Popper's Penguins, but shorter. A trip with Adm. Richard E. Byrd to the South Pole in 1933 provides adventure and historical information.
AR 3.2, LG, 0.5, 77460