Author: Doreen Cronin
Illustrator: Betsy Lewin
Simon and Shuster
Copyright 2000
Fantasy
32 pages
Farmer Brown has a problem! On his farm Farmer Brown has some cows. They have found a type writer and have been writing him letters asking for favors. Farmer Brown won't hear any of it! After the cows and other barn yard go on strike because Farmer Brown won't meet their demands, he starts to rethink his decision. What does Farmer Brown do? Read Doreen Cronin's Click, Clack, Moo:Cows That Type to find out!
The medium used to create the illustrations looks to be water colors. Even the lines seem to be made with water colors. I loved how the illustrations gave the animals life like characteristics. There were warm and cool colors throughout the book.
This story could be used as an introduction to a writing lesson. The teacher could read this book prior to talking about writing letters. It could also tie into a history lesson about type writers and who invented them since this may be a foreign thing to many young students. You could also have a lesson about farm animals and what happens on a farm.
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