This book is hilarious! Three and
four-year-olds will surely be laughing out loud as they neigh with the cow, quack
with the horse, and oink with the
sheep.
“The Cow Said Neigh!: A Farm Story”
by Rory Feek and illustrated by Bruno Robert is a nonsensical story about seven
farm animals who wish they were a different animal. I read a review commenting
on the lack of a moral resolution to the story—such as the animals learning to
be okay with their own strengths/identity. I concur with that to an extent,
which is why I’m giving the book four instead of five stars. The resolution to
the animals’ identity crises is the farmer joining in with a loud moooo! Which is funny. I laughed aloud
myself. So, if you’re looking for a laugh-aloud, laugh-along book with no moral
besides “join in on the chaos,” then you can find delight in this story, as I
did. After all, doesn’t every child just need an adult to be silly with them
every now and then—as the farmer is with the animals?
All stories start with words and are
completed by the illustrations, and this book has brilliant pictures. On the
back of the dust jacket, Robert writes: “While I am picturing a story, I please
myself thinking up a funny and colored world with a hint of tenderness.” He’s
done exactly that with this book! My favorite is the duck belting out a baa—I can hear it in the illustration.
This story is funny and tender.
There is no mention of God in this
story and no spiritual undertones, which surprised me since this is published by
Tommy Nelson, but I’d rather there be no mention of God than a seemingly
haphazard reference slapped onto the last page.
The
publisher has provided me with a complimentary copy of this book through
BookSneeze®. I was not required to write a positive review.
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