"Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type" by Doreen Cronin

Today is a bit of a "Wacky Wednesday" here at Bookmarks and Coffee Mugs! Let me explain. On the fourth Wednesday of every month, I'll post something "wacky!" By wacky, I mean something out of the ordinary for this page. It could be a tutorial, a bizarre picture I found that week, or perhaps something that's requested by you all! Subscribe to keep up with the craziness!

As today is the inaugural "Wacky Wednesday" post, I have a wacky review for you! Meet my best friend Zach! He is a piano extraordinaire, Taylor Swift enthusiast, pizza connoisseur, and all-around funny guy. He has a very special book that he would like to share with you. Take it away Zach!

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type is a story that some claim to be "The greatest story ever told" (Unke, 2015). Some have referred to it as "A monumental children's book" (Radue, 2015). Some have called it "Oh, yeah, I think I read that one time. Is that about cows that type?" These people are not wrong. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type is the greatest story ever told about cows that type.

For those of you who either live under a rock or simply haven't lived at all, let me break it down for you. Farmer Brown (he's a human) has a whole bunch of cows (they are not humans) that like to type on an old typewriter that he left in the barn. The trouble starts when the cows start making demands via typed notes nailed to the barn door (where the cows learned spelling, grammar, and sentence structure will forever be a mystery to me). When their demands are not met, they start to leave super passive-aggressive notes saying that they will withhold their milk. It's Blackmailing 101, really. Various other barnyard creatures decide to get in on the cow' blackmailing scheme and some other stuff happens, I think, and eventually the animals and Farmer Brown reach an agreement.

What's great about Click, Clack, Moo is that it has something for everyone - kids like the pictures, adults can relate to both the animals and Farmer Brown, and the typewriter makes old people feel nostalgic. It's a delightful story that will leave you with a warm, fuzzy feeling almost like being wrapped in an electric blanket. While it may not have the greatest moral lesson to be teaching our children - be very stubborn until you get your way - it does have the most cows that can type, which I think is something that's lacking from most literature these days. Click, Clack, Moo fills the hole in my bookshelf just as well as it fills the hole in my heart.

Zach says:

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