Unfortunately, it looks like arbitration has evolved into its own agenda when the typewriter fails to arrive and the barnyard fills with “Click, clack, quack.” Cronin keeps her absurd idea well disciplined, with poker-faced precision and simple language (the bovine notes are always politely signed “Sincerely, The Cows”) that keep this from being an airy-fairy whimsy and instead make it into solid and imaginative barnyard humor.

Duck (“a neutral party”) serves as a go-between in arbitration, in which the cows trade the typewriter for electric blankets. Then a message requesting electric blankets appears (nailed à la Luther) on the barn wall an outraged Farmer Brown, a Luddite in respect to cow technology, draws the line, and the barnyard goes on strike. Saddled with cows that like to type, Farmer Brown hears “Click, clack, moo” all day long. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (09/00)īulletin for the Center. Video Preview: Accelerated Reader Information:Ĭommon Core Standards Grade K → Reading → RL Literature → Caldecott Honor Books Grade K → Reading → RL Literature → K.RL Key Ideas & Details Grade K → Reading → RL Literature → K.RL Craft & Structure Grade K → Reading → RL Literature → K.RL Integration of Knowledge & Ideas Grade 1 → Reading → RL Reading Literature → 1.RL Key Ideas & Details Grade 1 → Reading → RL Reading Literature → 1.RL Integration of Knowledge & Ideas Grade 1 → Reading → RL Reading Literature → 1.RL Range of Reading & Level of Text Complexity Grade 2 → Reading → RL Reading Literature → 2.RL Key Ideas & Details Reviews: When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want. Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (2000) Click, clack, moo : cows that type (Click, clack book)

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