Cows

Farm Animals

by Emily K. Green

Early in the morning, farmers wake up to milk their dairy cows. People need milk to make cheese and ice cream. Young readers will learn how cows live on the farm and give people milk.

Genres: Animals, Childrens, Nonfiction

24 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Ryan Scharf · Rating 5 out of 5]

Genre: Nonfiction, specifically an informational picture book.
Awards: None.
Audience: Ages 5-8
A: The topic of this book is about cows, their behaviors, and fun facts about them as well.
B: This work is child friendly because there are maybe three sentences to a page that easily and directly inform the child about cows. There are large pictures for the children to observe and the simple sentences are easy to comprehend.
C: The type of text features within this work was a small table of contents which will help the children identify which parts of the book explain what about cows. There are also large illustrations of these cows that correlate with the sentences on the following page. Some words such as calf are bolded to grasp the child's attention as well.
D: This book can be read as a bed time story, a group setting, or as a read along. This book would be perfect for a child who loves animals or has a large interest in farm animals.

[Laura Metts · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book to have great illustrations an context. This book is simple enough for very young readers to read. The fact about the animal are written in a simple way that children can retain the information. I enjoyed reading the book as an adult.

1. Another name for cows are cattle.
2. Cows drink a lot of water every day.
3. Cows gives milk through their udders.


This book will be great to teach farm animals and to teach about where milk come from.

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very simple book about cows with nice pictures.

[Lauri Meyers · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very simple easy reader for young children with just the basics about cows.