Read-Alikes & DVDs
Companion Titles by Doreen Cronin
Click Clack, Quackity-Quack : An Alphabetic Adventure
The cows are typing again in this alphabet story good for younger audiences. This time the cows get Duck to help pass their message to all the animals, and using alliterative phrases (goats grooming, hens helping) all the animals get ready to join in the fun.
Click Clack Splash : A Counting Adventure
While Farmer Brown sleeps, Duck leads the farm animals on a mischievous mission to free the farmer's pet fish. Also available in Spanish: Clic, Clac, Plif, Plaf.
Dooby Dooby Moo
This time Duck and the cows are joined by the sheep and pigs of Farmer Brown's farm as they enter a talent show. They practice their acts in secret, all hoping to win first prize: a trampoline! Also available in Spanish: Dubi Dubi Muu.
Duck for President
When Duck gets tired of his farm chores, he sets out to take control of Farmer Brown's farm. When he wins, he quickly decides that the farm is not for him and sets his sights on being governor and, finally, president in this hilarious sequel. Also available in Spanish: Pato Para Presidente.
Giggle Giggle Quack
Farmer Brown takes a vacation leaving his brother Bob in charge with detailed instructions on keeping the animals in line. Unfortunately for Bob, Duck finds the pencil and has some ideas of his own.
Thump Quack Moo : A Whacky Adventure
While all the other animals on the farm are working on the Statue of Liberty maze for the Corn Maze Festival, Duck is secretly working on his own project. Also available in Spanish: Pum, Cuac, Muu: Una Loca Aventura.
Related DVDs
Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type . . . And More Amusing Animal Tales (Scholastic Storybook Treasures). New Video Group, 71 Minutes.
Giggle, Giggle, Quack . . . And More Funny Favorites (Scholastic Video Collection). New Video Group, 57 minutes.
Unusual Cows
No Moon, No Milk! by Chris Babcock
Martha is "udder-ly" bored with her ordinary life. She has decided she wants to be a "cowsmonaut" and journey to the moon.
Mooove Over! : A Book about Counting by Twos by Karen Bell
The arrival of a very rude cow on the trolley makes all the other animals leave the car until the driver can fix the situation and put the cow in its place!
Minnie and Moo Go To the Moon by Denys Cazet
This is the first adventure in this funny easy reader series about two cows who can never stay out of trouble.
The Cow That Laid an Egg by Andy Cutbill
When Cow gets upset because she has no special talents, the hens come up with a plan to make Cow feel extraordinary. Also by the same author: The Cow That Was the Best Moo-ther.
When Bluebell Sang by Lisa Ernst
Bluebell is an instant singing sensation, but she discovers that she would rather be back on the farm instead of onstage, if she can get away from her greedy manager.
The Cow Who Clucked by Denise Fleming
Cow awakes to find that she has lost her moo and is clucking instead. Unhappy, she sets out to find who has taken her moo and get it back.
When the Cows Come Home by David L. Harrison
At the end of a long day of work, when the farmer isn't looking, these cows pedal bicycles, swim in a pond and clown around with braying donkeys.
Moo Cow Kaboom by Thatcher Hurd
This fast-paced romp follows a cow into space. Kidnapped from her peaceful farm, Moo Cow is captured by Zork and taken to Planet 246 to compete in an Intergalactic Rodeo.
The Cow Who Wouldn't Come Down by Paul Johnson
Although it's a known fact that "cows don't fly," Gertrude begs to differ. Miss Rosemary goes to great and humorous lengths to persuade her cow to come down, while Gertrude revels in her newly found independence.
Clorinda by Robert Kinerk
Clorinda is a contented cow until the day she sees her first ballet and sets her sights on becoming a ballerina. This funny story of a cow in a tutu is followed by Clorinda Takes Flight.
Cock-a-Doodle-Moo! by Bernard Most
When rooster wakes up with laryngitis, cow offers to help wake the other animals and the farmer but she has a little trouble living up to rooster's wakeup call!
Moo Who? by Margie Palatini
After being clunked on the head, Hilda Mae Heifer forgets what she is and what sound she should make. The other animals are quick to point out what Hilda is not, but they aren't so sure they want her to get her singing voice back! Join Hilda in the funny sequel, Boo-Hoo Moo.
Millie Waits for the Mail by Alexander Steffensmeier
Millie, like most cows, enjoys chewing her cud and grazing in the fields, but she would much rather have fun scaring the mail carrier.
Cow-tastrophes!
Manny's Cows : The Niagara Falls Tale by Suzy Becker
Manny decides to take his family's 500 cows on a trip to visit Niagara Falls. But traveling with 500 cows proves to be more difficult than even Manny expected!
Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm by Joy Cowley
When cow, duck and pig decide they have had enough of the farm and try life in the big city, they end up in all kinds of trouble.
No Milk! by Jennifer Ericsson
No matter what he tries, this city boy just cannot get the cow to cooperate and give him some milk.
A Particular Cow by Mem Fox
Every day a particular cow goes for a particular walk, until the day when a pair of bloomers falls off the clothesline, covers her eyes and causes one catastrophe after another.
Kiss the Cow by Phyllis Root
Annalisa can't wait to milk Luella the cow. She does everything just like her mother does it - except that no way will Annalisa kiss a cow! But after no kiss, Luella refuses to give any milk. Will the whole family be without milk because of stubborn Annalisa, who says "Never, never, never" to her family's begging?
Farmyard Fun
Chuck's Band by Peggy Anderson
Chuck has a hankering for music, so he buys a banjo for himself and a mandolin for his goat, Flo. All the other animals want to join in the fun, except for Fat Cat Pat, who has something in mind instead of a musical instrument. This one is a rollicking romp with lots of opportunities to clap along.
Farm Flu by Teresa Bateman
The young boy left in charge of the farm for the day has his hands full when first the cow, and then all the other animals, come down with the flu!
Hurry! Hurry! by Eve Bunting
The calm of the farmyard erupts when Rooster spreads the word to all the other animals that they need to come quickly to watch the newest addition to the farm arrive.
Big Chickens by Leslie Helakoski
While trying to avoid getting eaten by a wolf, four very silly chickens get into the very situations they are trying to avoid, but always manage to come out all right. The slapstick humor will keep children laughing. And be sure to check out the sequel, Big Chickens Fly the Coop.
Woolbur by Leslie Helakoski
Being different has never been as much fun. Despite his parents' concerns, Woolbur likes to do things his own way, and now he's convincing the rest of the flock to follow his lead!
Chickens to the Rescue by John Himmelman
This is a rollicking story of life on the Greenstalk Farm where every day of the week the chickens step in to avert disaster or to solve a crisis. Every day that is, except Sunday!
Punk Farm by Jarrett Krosoczka
After Farmer Joe goes to bed, the animals put on a punk rock show. They rehearse rousing versions of "Old MacDonald," which makes them sleepy for their next day of work. The same animals have more adventures in Punk Farm on Tour.
Custard Surprise by Bernard Lodge
Two chickens find that it's not easy to satisfy the appetites of each of the farm animals when they open up their own dinner. But when a hungry fox comes in, Dinah and Rufus manage to outsmart him. This "I Can Read" book will have primary graders laughing out loud.
Otis by Loren Long
A new big tractor has been brought to the farm and Otis, the little yellow tractor, has been pushed out of the barn and left to rust in the weeds, until the day when only he can come to the rescue.
Barn Dance by Bill Martin
On a quiet night, a skinny kid sneaks out to the barn to watch the farm animals kick up their heels to the scarecrows music.
The Day the Sheep Showed Up by David McPhail
When a new animal comes to the farm, the cow and the other animals try to figure out which one it resembles - although it seems to have a little of each of them!
Chicks and Salsa by Aaron Reynolds
What happens on the farm when the chickens decide they are tired of the same old chicken feed? With the help of a savvy rooster and a few ingredients "borrowed" from the garden, soon the whole farm is feasting on salsa and guacamole!
Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
Cows that type have nothing on this talented duck who hops on a bike and rides around the farm to the dismay - and envy - of the other animals.
On Strike!
Christina Katerina and the Time She Quit the Family by Patricia Gauch
Tired of being blamed for things she didn't do, Christina Katerina decides "quit" her family.
Now I Will Never Leave the Dinner Table by Jane Read Martin
Patty Jane Pepper is not ever going to eat her spinach, even if she has to stay at the dinner table forever.
Animal Strike at the Zoo It's True by Karma Wilson
The elephants start the fuss because they are just paid peanuts, but soon all the other animals join in the protest.
Nonfiction on Cows and Farms
Milk from Cow to Carton by Aliki
This takes readers step by step from the cow eating grass to taking the milk and other milk products to the grocery store.
The Milk Makers by Gail Gibbons
Gibbon's signature style shows exactly how milk is made to be sold to people.
Tuttle's Red Barn : The Story of America's Oldest Family Farm by Richard Michelson
This is the story of a farm in New Hampshire that was begun in 1632 and still continues today, owned by the same family.
Out and About on a Dairy Farm by Andy Murphy
This lively trip to a dairy farm explains all the different machines that are used.
From Grass to Milk by Stacy Taus-Bolstad
Large photos and short sentences make this an easy book to use to explain how cows make milk and how it gets from the dairy farm to our tables. Also in the same format by the same author: From Milk to Ice Cream.
Nonfiction on Labor Issues
Kid Blink Beats the World by Don Brown
In the summer of 1899, hundreds of young news vendors held a strike against two of the most powerful men in the U.S. - William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer - for the extra penny they wanted to charge the vendors to buy their papers.
Harvesting Hope : The Story of Cesar Chavez by Kathleen Krull
A biography of Cesar Chavez, from age ten when he and his family lived happily on their Arizona ranch, to age thirty-eight when he led a peaceful protest against California migrant workers' miserable working conditions.
