Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type | 
“So the cows went on strike.“ I think students would love this story and think it's very silly and I believe this quote would have them laughing!
“So the cows went on strike.“ I think students would love this story and think it's very silly and I believe this quote would have them laughing!
This would be a fun story to read when talking about persuasive writing. Students could analyze the writings done by the animals and come up with their own persuasive writing.
pickClick, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin, 2000. A Caldecott Honor Book. This book is very funny and will keep students engaged. This book can be used to teach the importance of communication and self-advocacy. The illustrations are fun and help aid in telling the story.
The book combines humor, teamwork, and negotiation, teaching children about the power of communication and standing up for what they believe in.
pickThe story revolves around a group of cows that discover a typewriter and use it, such as requesting electric blankets to keep warm in the cold barn. When their demands are not met, they stage a peaceful protest, refusing to produce milk until their conditions are fulfilled.
“Sincerely, The Cows“ I think this quote is funny because during the whole book they always wrote this.
This is a great book to read to get he class giggling or as a break from curriculum. It is also good for lesson as well because it include lots of onomatopoeia as well as has letter writing.
pickClick, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin. 2000. Caldecott Award. I love this book and always have. I think that this is a great book for all ages and makes you giggle as well. The illustrations also so specific in that when you see it you know what book it is, at least for me.
“'Cows that type. Hens on strike! Whoever heard of such a thing? How can I run a farm with no milk and no eggs!' Farmer Brown was furious.“
This light-hearted read provides a cute story to young students. It can teach students how to negotiate to come to a fair solution. And it can teach them how to work out a solution.
pickClick Clack Moo: Cows That Type, 2000. A Caldecott Medal Winning Book. This book is about cows using a typewriter to express to their farmer the basic needs that needed to be met. When the farmer originally denied this request, the cows went on strike until they came to an agreement.
This book teaches the importance of communication and self-advocacy and would be great to use in the classroom.
pickClick, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type is written by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Betsy Lewin. It was published in 2000 and awarded the Caldecott in 2001. This is a funny and clever book about animals typing up their requests for the farmer, but on a deeper level it is about going on strike and selecting someone to represent you. Children will love it because it is silly but it has a meaning for all ages.
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I do not know how I would use this book in the classroom, other than reading it to my students for fun.
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The book won a Caldecott Honor Medal in 2001. It is a funny book about cows and ducks on a farm that can type and use their skill to ask the farmer for whatever they may need. Electric blankets because the barn is cold, a diving board for their pond, and so on.
“Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type“ uses repetitive language and expressive pictures to describe the situation that the farm animals are in: they are unhappy with their living conditions. The main message of this book is one that emphasizes the importance of communication and self-advocacy. This could spark discussion in the classroom about why communication is important, how to communicate, and how to stand up for yourself to ensure needs are met
“Click, clack, moo. click, clack, moo. clickety, clack moo.“ This is repeated many times throughout the book and is a good use of repetition.
pick“Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type“ is a fictional picture book written by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Betsy Lewin in 2000 and won a Caldecott Medal in 2001. This story is about farm animals who are unhappy with their living conditions and they demand change from their farmer, which they eventually receive. The main message of this book is the importance of communication and standing up for yourself!
Because the book is very silly, many if not all students will enjoy it. I would use it in the classroom as an end-of-the-day meeting book and just a wrap up the day on a light note.
pick“Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type“ written by Doreen Cronin and illustrated but Betsy Lewin was published in 2000 and won the Caldecott medal in 2001. It is a classic picture book that many children come to love. It follows a frustrated farmer who has very demanding animals. It has a lot of funny moments and sure to bring laughter to the students.
“Cows that type. Hens on strike! Whoever heard of such a thing?”
I would use this in my classroom to show students that we work as a team and if they have a problem they can come talk to me about it and we‘ll figure it out.
pickClick, Clack, Moo Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin was published in 2000 and awarded a Caldecott Medal in 2001. The picture book is about a group of cows writing to Farmer Brown off a type writer. All day he hears them typing away demanding things and he refuses till he realizes he can‘t run a farm with no eggs or milk.
“Cows that type. Hens on strike! Whoever heard of such a thing?“
This book provides a very easy and light-hearted read. I think it could be presented to young students and used as a tool to inform children about how we can work together in order to solve a problem or find solutions.
pickPublished in 2000, receiving the Caldecott award. This book illustrates farmyard animals uniting as one and working together to improve their living conditions and meet their similar desires by using a typewriter to communicate with their farmer. The farmer is dumbfounded at the animal's use of the typewriter and refuses to meet the demands they present. Leading the animals to go on strike and not meet the demands of the farmer.
“Click, Clack, Quack. Click, Clack, Quack. Click, Clack, Quack.“
I love Doreen Cronin and all of her books. I think that they are so funny and they really engage the reader no matter what age. The pictures also add so much to the story. Especially in her books the pictures sho parts of the story that seeing visually makes so much more of a difference.
pickThis book was published in 2000 and is a Caldecott honor award winner. this book is about cows who come across a typewriter and learn how to type. They then decided to make demands to Farmer Brown about their living situation. They decide they need electric blankets. When farmer brown refuses the cows and hens go on strike. They ultimately come to a compromise where there are electric blankets but no typewriters. Until the ducks come along...
“Cows that type. Hens on strike! Whoever heard of such a thing?”
I love how frustrated the farmer gets at the cows for their demands.
pickClick, Clack, Moo is a Caldecott award winning book and is a fun story about some very peculiar cows and the demands they have for their farmer. The cows also inspire some of the other farm animals to make demands as well. Overall this book offers man laughs and is a fun book to read with children.
Summary: Barnyard animals unite to improve their conditions. Farmer brown is dumbfounded when his cows find a typewriter and begin airing their grievances and making demands.
Awards won: Randolph Caldecott Medal
Purpose of Award: Most distinguished American picture book for children
Author: Doreen Cronin
Illustrator: Betsy Lewin
Date of publication: 2000
Genre: Picture Book
pickClick, Clack, Moo, Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Betsy Lewin was published in 2000 and won the Randolph Caldecott Medal. This is a fictional story and is about barnyard animals who unite to improve their conditions. Farmer Brown is dumbfounded when his cows find a typewriter and begin airing their grievances and making demands. When their demands are not met, they go on strike, much to the dismay of poor Farmer Brown.
pickSummary: This book is about a farmer that discovers that his cows have found a typewriter. Throughout the story the cows use the typewriter to request new things. The farmer refuses, because of this the cows decide to withhold their milk. Then the same thing happens with the hens. The farmer realizes this is not a way to run a farm and wants to have a truce. They decide that if they get the blankets they will give up the typewriter.
pickThe barnyard animals come together as one in order to create demands for improvements in their living conditions to Farmer Brown, who is just as taken aback as the readers are.
“Duck was a neutral party, so he brought the ultimatum to the cows.“
I thought that this was a light/easy read. In a classroom setting, it would provide the idea for the students to work together to come up with an agreement when dealing with an issue or topic on hand. This book has won the Caldecott Award in 2001 and was published in 2001.
pickThis book is a phenomenal piece that describes the powers of negotiation. Throughout the story, you see that the author is trying to convey that the farmer has to give the cows what they want, in order to receive their milk. The author also includes a neutral party that helps the cows and the farmer come to an agreement. The cows decided to give back the type writer and provide the farmer their milk, if the farmer provides electric blankets.
pickThis is such a fun one! I love this story of a group of cows demanding better working conditions from the farmer via type written letters. I shared it with my husband and his response was “F**k yeah!” Thank you @Reggie for sending this one to me. 🐮 ⌨️(there is no typewriter emoji)
pickEarlier this week I was gonna post a photo of a bridge and comment how I was going to throw myself off of it if I didn‘t reach 100 books for the year(I‘m joking) Instead now I‘m gonna show how I‘m gonna cheat my way there. I was shopping for a swap and wandered into the kids section and picked up this book all about labor disputes depicted by a group of cows who band together to withhold their milk until their demands are met, of 👇🏼
