Pistes d'exploration

Predict the talents of each animal and explain your thinking.

What clues tell you that the farmer knew the animals were up to something.

Write and draw what other animals on the farm could do for the talent show. 

Discuss why Farmer Brown watches his animals closely. What clue does he find? Why don’t the animals want Farmer Brown to know of their plans? 

Moo along to “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” Learn the original version, too.

Determine the meaning of expressions such as keeps a very close eye on, catches his eye and up to something. Use these expressions in other contexts. Add them to an ongoing Great Expressions anchor chart.

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

Mots-clés

Picture book , competitions , cooperation , cows , farms , onomatopoeias , singing , talent shows

Commentaire descriptif

When Farmer Brown’s enterprising animals learn about a community talent show whose first prize includes a trampoline, they get to work rehearsing their respective acts. The cows sing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” (in Moo,) sheep perform “Home on the Range” (in Baa.) The suspicious farmer smells something brewing. On the day of the event, nervous about leaving them alone on the farm, he loads them all into his truck to keep an eye on them while he is at the fair. There, it is Duck who ends up winning the prize with a rollicking version of “Born to be Wild” (sung in Quack, of course.). Fluid watercolour illustrations bordered in loose black brush strokes capture the characters’ crazy antics. Literary devices such as personification and onomatopoeia, and comical use of footnotes, add layers of understanding and silly fun for adult readers too. With themes around the arts and creativity, as well as language and word play, the story begs for dramatic performance and can be explored in ways beyond the average farm animal story.