Moo: A Novel

Moo: A Novel by Sharon Creech

I saw a different "Moo" book that looked interesting. That one wasn't available in audiobook format, but I stumbled across this one instead. In this book, a family spontaneously moves to Maine after having trouble finding jobs. After doing something mean to a weird lady, the kids are sent to help her on her farm. The animals are as eccentric as her. They work with them and have some success with the cow. They later gain respect for the lady as she moves on and neighbors go to help the farm. It is the "respect others" story mixed with "city people in the country".

A Birthday for Cow!

A Birthday for Cow! by Jan Thomas

The animals want to make a cake for cow. Duck keeps trying to add a turnip, but is continually rejected. Finally cow comes out and goes right past the cake to get the turnip from duck. It is a short, fun whimsical story.

Cows Can't Spin Silk: Animal Creations

Cows Can't Spin Silk: Animal Creations by Dave Reisman (Author), Jason A. Maas (Illustrator)

Animal 1 can't make something, but it can make something else. Animal 2 can't do what animal one could do, but it can do something else. It keeps going on like that for a long time. It was not super appealing for kids or parents.

Tao of Cow

[from June 2009] This book is a "Life's little instruction book" written from the perspective of cows. Each bit of instruction is illustrated with a picture of cows and a story relating the cows' activity to some useful trait for us humans.
The pictures are primarily from bygone rural society and on their own make a great book of photography. The text, on the other hand, has much to be desired. I was expecting something much more witty than the dry text it contained.