Interrupting Cow and the Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: Ready-to-Read Level 2

by Jane Yolen, Joïlle Dreidemy (Illustrator)

Overview

From acclaimed, prolific author Jane Yolen comes the fifth hilarious Level 2 Ready-to-Read in the Interrupting Cow series following the cow as she helps a new friend find her flock.

Interrupting Cow has a mystery to solve! Do sheep growl, groan, or howl? If not, what could this strange new creature in the pasture be? One thing Interrupting Cow does know is that there’s always room for more friends!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781665914420
Publisher:	Simon Spotlight
Publication date:	08/29/2023
Series:	Interrupting Cow
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	1,178,154
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	620L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Jane Yolen is an award-winning author who has written more than 380 books for children, including the bestseller How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? and the 1988 Caldecott Medal winner Owl Moon. She is known for her beautiful poetry, picture books, fairy tales, novels, and nonfiction, and has even been called “the Hans Christian Andersen of America” (Newsweek). She lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts. Visit her at JaneYolen.com.

Joëlle Dreidemy can’t remember the first time she started drawing...maybe the first time she picked up a pencil! She spent her childhood among books from Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake, Tony Ross, Ralph Steadman, and others who influenced her style. Joelle studied art at the famous Emile Cohl School in Lyon, France, where she met fantastic and motivating teachers like Yves Got and Jean Claverie. She now lives in Paris illustrating projects for French, English, American, and Korean publishers. When not drawing, Joelle practices karate, plays piano, and goes to museums and the movies.

Editorial Reviews

09/01/2023

K-Gr 3—A lesson in friendship and being kind to others that also remains lighthearted and silly. Interrupting Cow is awoken by some panicked bovines in her barn. "'Monster!' one cried. ‘Moo-nster!' the others screamed." They quickly run away, leaving Interrupting Cow faced with what appears to be "some kind of sheep" sitting on the grass nearby. As she moves closer, the animal—very clearly a wolf in sheep's clothing—seems distressed. Hoping to cheer the creature up, Interrupting Cow tells her favorite knock-knock joke, but it does not lift the mood of the lonely stranger. Interrupting Cow learns that the strange sheep longs for friendship, but struggles to find friends as a seemingly scary wolf. Hearing this, the title cow springs into action, leading her new acquaintance to her own crew of friends. Dreidemy's illustrations fill the pages with bright colors and exaggerated facial expressions, especially those of the cows, which complement the text nicely in this simple story of feeling out of place and longing for companionship. VERDICT Great as a read-aloud, but also a fine choice for any newly independent reader in an elementary setting.—Kerra Mazzariello

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