{"id":5410,"date":"2013-07-19T13:19:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T17:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/?p=5410"},"modified":"2021-08-14T22:35:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T02:35:56","slug":"moo-all-about-cows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/moo-all-about-cows\/","title":{"rendered":"All About Cows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out these lists for typing cows, flying cows, purple cows, and pirate cows; find out what cows have to do with whales; and learn all about sacred cows, Mrs. O&#8217;Leary&#8217;s cow, and the cow that jumped over the moon. (There was even a lunar space probe named Cow.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e986d6edc49\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e986d6edc49\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/moo-all-about-cows\/#COOL_FICTIONAL_COWS\" >COOL FICTIONAL COWS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/moo-all-about-cows\/2\/#REAL_LIVE_COWS\" >REAL LIVE COWS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/moo-all-about-cows\/2\/#MILK_AND_CHEESE_AND_MORE\" >MILK AND CHEESE AND MORE<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/moo-all-about-cows\/3\/#FAMOUS_COWS\" >FAMOUS COWS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/moo-all-about-cows\/3\/#THE_SCIENCE_OF_COWS\" >THE SCIENCE OF COWS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/moo-all-about-cows\/4\/#THE_COW_JUMPED_OVER_THE_MOON\" >THE COW JUMPED OVER THE MOON<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/moo-all-about-cows\/4\/#ART_AND_COWS\" >ART AND COWS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/moo-all-about-cows\/4\/#COW_POEMS\" >COW POEMS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/moo-all-about-cows\/5\/#COWS_AND_MATH\" >COWS AND MATH<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/moo-all-about-cows\/5\/#AND_WHAT_ABOUT_THE_BULLS\" >AND WHAT ABOUT THE BULLS?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"COOL_FICTIONAL_COWS\"><\/span><b>COOL FICTIONAL COWS<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14074\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/moo-moo-brown-cow-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/moo-moo-brown-cow-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/moo-moo-brown-cow.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Phyllis Gershator\u2019s <i>Moo, Moo Brown Cow! Have You Any Milk?<\/i> (Random House Books for Young Readers, 2011) is a clever extension of the familiar nursery rhyme \u201cBaa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?\u201d \u2013 explaining that wool makes a blanket for a little boy\u2019s bed. The rhyme moves on to \u201cHonk, honk, gray goose, have you any down?\u201d (for the pillow), then to bees, hen, and cow, who furnish a bedtime snack. The book ends with animals and boy asleep. A lovely bedtime pick for ages 2-5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14059\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-that-laid-an-egg-292x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-that-laid-an-egg-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-that-laid-an-egg-998x1024.jpg 998w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-that-laid-an-egg-768x788.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-that-laid-an-egg-1496x1536.jpg 1496w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-that-laid-an-egg.jpg 1701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Andy Cutbill\u2019s <i>The Cow That Laid an Egg<\/i> (HarperCollins, 2008), Marjorie is depressed because she\u2019s just an ordinary cow, and can\u2019t ride a bicycle or do handstands like the other cows. Then \u2013 after some clever chickens get to work with a paintbrush \u2013 Marjorie wakes to discover that she\u2019s (apparently) laid a black-and-white Holstein-cow-spotted egg. The other cows refuse to believe in Marjorie\u2019s egg and accuse the chickens, who refuse to tell. (\u201cProve it!\u201d) Eventually Marjorie\u2019s egg hatches a chick \u2013 whose first word out of the shell is \u201cMoo!\u201d With hilarious illustrations by Russell Ayto. Pair this one with Dr. Seuss\u2019s <i>Horton Hatches the Egg<\/i>. For ages 2-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Sequels starting Marjorie and her adopted daughter Daisy include <i>The Cow That Was the Best Moo-ther<\/i>, <i>The Best Cow in Show<\/i>, and <i>First Week at Cow School<\/i>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14052\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-loves-cookies-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-loves-cookies-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-loves-cookies.jpg 494w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Karma Wilson\u2019s rhyming <i>The Cow Loves Cookies<\/i> (Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2010), readers learn what farm animals eat \u2013 the horse loves hay, the geese munch corn \u2013 but the cow loves cookies! At the end, cow and farmer share a snack of cookies and milk. For ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Click-Clack-Moo-cover-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Click-Clack-Moo-cover-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Click-Clack-Moo-cover.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Doreen Cronin\u2019s wonderful <i>Click, Clack, Moo<\/i> (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2000), Farmer Brown\u2019s cows have acquired a typewriter and promptly begin to make their problems known: \u201cDear Farmer Brown, The barn is very cold at night. We\u2019d like some electric blankets. Sincerely, The Cows.\u201d Farmer Brown refuses and the cows go on a milk strike. All is finally resolved with the helpful intervention of Duck, who ends up with the typewriter \u2013 and promptly fires off a note announcing that the duck pond is boring and the ducks would like a diving board. Hilarious for ages 3 and up. There are several sequels featuring the <i>Click, Clack, Moo<\/i> characters.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Put on a play! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebestclass.org\/uploads\/5\/6\/2\/4\/56249715\/cowsthattype.pdf\">Readers\u2019 Theater: Click, Clack, Moo<\/a> is a script to accompany the book., adaptable for various numbers of actors. As it stands, it calls for multiple narrators and any number of cows.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14077\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/sailor-moo-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/sailor-moo-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/sailor-moo.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Cows and pirates! Moo &#8211; the star of Lisa Wheeler\u2019s <i>Sailor Moo: Cow at Sea<\/i> (Atheneum\/Richard Jackson Books, 2002) \u2013 has wanted to go to sea ever since she was a calf wearing a sailor hat. Eventually she gets a job on a fishing boat crewed by cats and led by Captain Silver Claw, who has a hook in place of one paw. She\u2019s swept overboard in a storm, rescued by friendly manatees, and eventually ends up on the pirate ship of Red Angus and his gang of cattle buccaneers. For ages 3-7.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/kiss-the-cow-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/kiss-the-cow-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/kiss-the-cow-768x781.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/kiss-the-cow.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Phyllis Root\u2019s <i>Kiss the Cow<\/i> (Candlewick, 2003), Luella the cow refuses to give any milk for Mama May\u2019s hungry family of children (all in overalls) until Annalisa gives her a kiss on the nose. But Annalisa (\u201cNever, never, never!\u201d) is not about to kiss a cow. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14058\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cows-to-the-rescue-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cows-to-the-rescue-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cows-to-the-rescue-1024x825.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cows-to-the-rescue-768x619.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cows-to-the-rescue.jpg 1241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>John Himmelman\u2019s picture book <i>Cows to the Rescue<\/i> (Henry Holt and Company, 2011) is one of a series, beginning with <i>Chickens to the Rescue<\/i> (2006) and <i>Pigs to the Rescue<\/i> (2010). They\u2019re all hilarious: problems arise and frantic hordes of animals arrive to (more or less) save the day. Here, it\u2019s the day of the county fair and the Greenstalks\u2019 car won\u2019t start. Enter the cows! For ages 4-8. (And up.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14081\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/sixteen-cows-300x247.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/sixteen-cows-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/sixteen-cows.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Lisa Wheeler\u2019s rhyming <i>Sixteen Cows<\/i> (Harcourt, 2006), Cowboy Gene of the Biddle Ranch and Cowgirl Sue of the neighboring Waddle Ranch each have eight beloved cows, summoned each night by special come-home songs (to which the cows reply in chorus: \u201cMoo!\u201d). Then a wind blows down the fence between the two pastures and the sixteen cows become inextricably mixed up. The solution: a romance, a wedding, and a cow merger. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.readwritethink.org\/classroom-resources\/lesson-plans\/what-changed-book-problem-815.html\">What If We Changed the Book?<\/a> is a lesson plan with problem-posing extensions to accompany <i>Sixteen Cows<\/i>. Targeted at grades 3-5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14042\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/amazing-cows-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/amazing-cows-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/amazing-cows-820x1024.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/amazing-cows-768x959.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/amazing-cows-1230x1536.jpg 1230w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/amazing-cows-1640x2048.jpg 1640w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/amazing-cows.jpg 2002w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Sandra Boynton\u2019s <i>Amazing Cows<\/i> (Workman Publishing, 2010) is a riotous 96-page collection of cow stories, poems, parodies, jokes, and games \u2013 among them the tale of the shy research assistant whose alter ego is the bovine superhero, AMAZING COW. For ages 5 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/14-cows-for-america-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/14-cows-for-america-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/14-cows-for-america-1024x863.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/14-cows-for-america-768x647.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/14-cows-for-america-1536x1295.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/14-cows-for-america-2048x1726.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Carmen Agra Deedy\u2019s <i>14 Cows for America<\/i> (Peachtree Publishers, 2009) is the picture-book version of a true story in which, shortly after the 9\/11 attacks, Kemeli Naiyomah travels from New York City to his home village in Kenya. There, after he tells the story of 9\/11, his fellow Masai tribesman decide to give the people of America a gift of 14 sacred healing cows. A lovely and heartwarming story for ages 7-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-and-boy-283x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-and-boy-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-and-boy-768x814.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-and-boy.jpg 944w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>By Mark Leiknes, <i>Cow &amp; Boy<\/i> (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008) \u2013 which began life as a webcomic &#8211; is right on for fans of Bill Watterson\u2019s <i>Calvin and Hobbes<\/i>. Eight-year-old Billy and friend Cow live on the family farm, where \u2013 together \u2013 they explore life\u2019s big questions. For ages 9 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14079\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/secret-life-of-cows-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/secret-life-of-cows-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/secret-life-of-cows-1024x800.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/secret-life-of-cows-768x600.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/secret-life-of-cows.jpg 1460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Fans of James Thurber\u2019s classic daydreamer Walter Mitty must see Glen Wexler\u2019s (digitally twisted) photo-illustrated <i>The Secret Life of Cows<\/i> (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2007). \u201cWhen you see cows standing in a pasture blandly chewing some dreary bit of grass and staring into the middle distance, you\u2019d never guess what lies beneath that placid exterior\u201d \u2013 namely, a rich fantasy life featuring cyborg cows, superhero cows, secret agent cows, and rocket-propelled cows. For ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14056\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cows-of-our-planet-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cows-of-our-planet-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cows-of-our-planet.jpg 594w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Gary Larson\u2019s <i>Cows of Our Planet<\/i> (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1992) isn\u2019t, I have to admit, just about cows; rather it\u2019s a collection of Larson\u2019s wickedly funny Far Side cartoons. The centerfold, \u201cCows of Our Planet,\u201d is Larson\u2019s twisted take on breeds of cows. For everybody old enough to appreciate it.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>REAL LIVE COWS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14083\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-Milk-Makers-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-Milk-Makers-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-Milk-Makers-768x629.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-Milk-Makers.jpg 874w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Gail Gibbons\u2019s brightly illustrated <i>The Milk Makers<\/i> (Aladdin, 1987) is a straightforward step-by-step account of the milk-making process, from cow to glass. For ages 4-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14053\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-oldenburg-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-oldenburg-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-oldenburg-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-oldenburg-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-oldenburg-1536x1187.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-oldenburg-2048x1583.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Jules Older\u2019s\u00a0 humorous 32-page <i>Cow<\/i> (Charlesbridge Publishing, 1998) looks like an ad for Ben &amp; Jerry\u2019s \u2013 the art is by Ben &amp; Jerry\u2019s veteran Lyn Severance \u2013 but it\u2019s filled with real facts about real cows, including breeds of cows, the names of the cow\u2019s four stomachs, how calves are born, a bovine quiz, and (a yummy tangent) how to make an ice cream sundae. For ages 5 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14069\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/leopard-and-cow-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/leopard-and-cow-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/leopard-and-cow-708x1024.jpg 708w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/leopard-and-cow-768x1111.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/leopard-and-cow-1061x1536.jpg 1061w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/leopard-and-cow-1415x2048.jpg 1415w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/leopard-and-cow.jpg 1507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Jennifer Holland\u2019s photo-illustrated Unlikely Friendships for Kids series, the title story in <i>The Leopard &amp; the Cow<\/i> (Workman Publishing, 2012) is the tale of a young leopard cub, adopted by an Indian cow. For ages 5-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14075\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/moose-for-jessica-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/moose-for-jessica-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/moose-for-jessica.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Pat Wakefield\u2019s <i>A Moose for Jessica<\/i> (Puffin, 1992) is the photo-illustrated story of a young bull moose \u2013 later known as Josh \u2013 who wandered into a cow pasture and became attached to a cow named Jessica. For ages 7-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/clarabelle-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/clarabelle-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/clarabelle-838x1024.jpg 838w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/clarabelle-768x938.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/clarabelle-1257x1536.jpg 1257w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/clarabelle-1676x2048.jpg 1676w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/clarabelle.jpg 2046w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Cris Peterson\u2019s photo-illustrated <i>Clarabelle: Making Milk and So Much More<\/i> (Boyds Mills Press, 2007) is set on a dairy farm in Wisconsin, where Clarabelle lives with 1200 other cows. The book describes all the basics of cow physiology, milk-making, and dairy farming \u2013 readers learn that Clarabelle produces 15 gallons of milk a day, which goes to make an array of other products, such as cheese, butter, ice cream, and yogurt. And not only that: Clarabelle and pals also generate electricity, fertilizer, and compost. For ages 8-11.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14063\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/field-guide-to-cows-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/field-guide-to-cows-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/field-guide-to-cows-954x1024.jpg 954w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/field-guide-to-cows-768x825.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/field-guide-to-cows-1430x1536.jpg 1430w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/field-guide-to-cows-1907x2048.jpg 1907w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Learn to identify all 52 American breeds of cows! John Pukite\u2019s <i>A Field Guide to Cows<\/i> (Penguin Books, 1998) has illustrations, statistics, cool cow trivia, and general information on each featured breed of cow. (We have a copy in the car.) Fun for all ages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14068\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/know-your-cows-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/know-your-cows-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/know-your-cows.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Jack Byard\u2019s <i>Know Your Cows<\/i> (Fox Chapel Publishing, 2012) is an illustrated and alphabetical guide to cow breeds, from Ayrshire to White Park. All ages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14057\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cows-pigs-wars-witches-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cows-pigs-wars-witches-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cows-pigs-wars-witches.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Marvin Harris\u2019s <i>Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches<\/i> (Vintage, 1989) is a fascinating study in anthropology, explaining the economic and social underpinnings of traditional cultural beliefs. Find out, for example, why Hindus have sacred cows. For teens and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>MILK AND CHEESE AND MORE<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14073\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/milk-Aliki-300x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/milk-Aliki-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/milk-Aliki-768x608.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/milk-Aliki.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Aliki\u2019s charmingly illustrated <i>Milk: From Cow to Carton<\/i> (HarperCollins, 1992) covers the story of milk from grazing cows to dairy to the many different foods made from milk. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14061\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/extra-cheese-please-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/extra-cheese-please-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/extra-cheese-please.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Cris Peterson\u2019s <i>Extra Cheese, Please!<\/i> (Boyds Mills Press, 1994) traces \u201cMozzarella\u2019s Journey From Cow to Pizza,\u201d with color photos and lots of fascinating facts. (A single cow produces 40,000 glasses of milk a year, enough to make cheese for 1800 pizzas.) For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14072\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/milk-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/milk-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/milk-674x1024.jpg 674w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/milk-768x1167.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/milk-1011x1536.jpg 1011w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/milk-1348x2048.jpg 1348w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/milk.jpg 1645w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><em>Milk<\/em> by Mark Kurlansky (Bloomsbury, 2018) is a 10,000-year history of milk. For teens and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/cheesemaking-kit-285x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/cheesemaking-kit-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/cheesemaking-kit.jpg 522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Try making your own mozzarella! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mozzarella-Ricotta-Cheese-Making-Kit\/dp\/B00014CEXG\/\">Ricki\u2019s Cheesemaking Kit<\/a> includes materials (everything but milk), instructions, and recipes for making multiple batches of mozzarella and ricotta cheeses. Fun for all ages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheese.com\">Cheese.com<\/a> is a database of all things cheese, covering nearly 600 cheeses by name, country, and type of milk, plus cheese facts and cheese recipes. (Find out why American cheese is not really cheese.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthyeating.org\/Milk-Dairy\">Milk: Nature&#8217;s Wonder Beverage<\/a> has reader-friendly information and cool infographics that give readers the scoop on milk, cheese, and yogurt.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>FAMOUS COWS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Mental Floss, <a href=\"http:\/\/mentalfloss.com\/article\/25007\/no-bull-well-one-7-historical-cow-tales\">Seven Historical Cow Tales<\/a> is a cool list, including the saga of Nellie Jay, the first cow ever to fly in an airplane, and the story of Grady, an Oklahoma cow who got stuck in a silo and became a media sensation in 1949.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14064\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/grady-s-in-the-silo-original-imaeagecrggqj3zv-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/grady-s-in-the-silo-original-imaeagecrggqj3zv-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/grady-s-in-the-silo-original-imaeagecrggqj3zv.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Una Belle Townsend&#8217;s <em>Grady&#8217;s in the Silo<\/em> (Pelican Publishing, 2003) is a picture-book account of Grady&#8217;s silo adventure. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14060\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Elsie-282x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Elsie-282x300.jpg 282w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Elsie.jpg 677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Borden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/americacomesalive.com\/2015\/11\/01\/elsie-the-cow-borden-marketing-mascot\/\">Elsie the Cow<\/a> was at one time one of the most recognizable advertising symbols in the world.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/butter-cow-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/butter-cow-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/butter-cow-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/butter-cow-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/butter-cow-1536x1059.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/butter-cow.jpg 1790w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>The (life-sized) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iowastatefair.org\/about\/butter-cow\">Butter Cow<\/a> has been a star of the Iowa State Fair since 1911.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Check out the stories of these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnn.com\/earth-matters\/animals\/stories\/7-cows-that-history-wont-soon-forget\">Seven Cows That History Won&#8217;t Forget<\/a>, among them Mrs. O\u2019Leary\u2019s Cow (who may or may not have started the Great Chicago Fire of 1871); President Taft\u2019s cow, Pauline Wayne, who supplied milk for the White House; and Borden&#8217;s Elsie.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.todayifoundout.com\/index.php\/2013\/05\/how-the-great-chicago-fire-started\/\">The Great Chicago Fire Wasn&#8217;t Started by a Cow<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Education World, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.educationworld.com\/a_lesson\/dailylp\/dailylp\/dailylp013.shtml\">The Great Chicago Fire: Did Mrs. O\u2019Leary\u2019s Cow Really Cause It?<\/a> is a lesson plan on the fire and the cow for grades 6 and up. Included are discussion questions and a helpful resource list.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14082\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/the-great-fire-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/the-great-fire-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/the-great-fire-768x968.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/the-great-fire.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Jim Murphy\u2019s Newbery Honor Book, <i>The Great Fire<\/i> (Scholastic, 2006), is the story of the 1871 Chicago fire, including eyewitness accounts, and illustrated with photographs and period prints. (He says it wasn\u2019t the fault of the cow.) For ages 9 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>THE SCIENCE OF COWS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.instructorweb.com\/lesson\/cow.asp\">Cows or Cattle?<\/a> All cows are cattle, but not all cattle are cows. This elementary-level lesson plan (with printable worksheet) explains it all.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14317\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/cows-vs-cars-740x416-1-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/cows-vs-cars-740x416-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/cows-vs-cars-740x416-1.png 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/science.howstuffworks.com\/zoology\/mammals\/methane-cow.htm\">Do Cows Pollute as Much as Cars?<\/a> Agriculture is responsible for an estimated 14 percent of the world\u2019s greenhouse gases \u2013 a lot of it in the form of methane, belched, burped, or farted by cows.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/cow-eye-dissection-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/cow-eye-dissection-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/cow-eye-dissection.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>From the San Francisco Exploratorium, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exploratorium.edu\/learning_studio\/cow_eye\/\">Cow\u2019s Eye Dissection<\/a> has information about eyes, an online demonstration, and illustrated step-by-step instructions for performing a cow\u2019s eye dissection.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>A cow\u2019s eye dissection kit (preserved cow\u2019s eye, instruction guide, dissecting tools, and disposable dissecting tray) is available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hometrainingtools.com\/cow-eye-dissection-kit\/p\/DE-KITEYE\/\">Home Science Tools<\/a>. The website also has a virtual dissection and printable eye diagrams to label.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/32335-is-cow-tipping-possible.html\">Is Cow-Tipping Possible?<\/a> Probably not. Find out why.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/whale-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/whale-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/whale.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Whales are believed to have evolved from a group of land animals whose closest living relative is the cow. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aquariumofpacific.org\/downloads\/ed_03SSCowtoWhale.pdf\">Turn a Cow into a Whale<\/a> is a lesson plan on this topic with printable worksheets and puzzles. Targeted at third-graders.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Though the cow may just be the most important domesticated animal in human history, <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/5897169\/dna-reveals-that-cows-were-almost-impossible-to-domesticate\">recent research<\/a> indicates that cows may have been almost impossible to domesticate. Find out why.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/whyfiles.org\/193prion\/index.html\">WhyFiles<\/a>, learn all about mad cow disease.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/smallpox-and-cows-300x239.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/smallpox-and-cows-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/smallpox-and-cows-768x612.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/smallpox-and-cows.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>What do cows have to do with vaccination? Learn about Edward Jenner, cowpox, and smallpox\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC1200696\/\">here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>THE COW JUMPED OVER THE MOON<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14078\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/secret-hist-of-nursery-rhymes-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/secret-hist-of-nursery-rhymes-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/secret-hist-of-nursery-rhymes.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Linda Alchin\u2019s <i>The Secret History of Nursery Rhymes<\/i> (Neilson, 2013) discusses the historical backgrounds of many classical nursery rhymes, among them \u201cHey Diddle Diddle,\u201d featuring cat, fiddle, and moon-jumping cow.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>BellaOnline\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bellaonline.com\/articles\/art40881.asp\">Hey Diddle Diddle<\/a> is a short history of the poem. It\u2019s really about a love triangle and the Cow just might have been Queen Elizabeth I.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14071\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mary-poppins-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mary-poppins-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/mary-poppins.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>P.L. Travers\u2019s <i>Mary Poppins<\/i> (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006) includes the story of \u201cThe Dancing Cow\u201d who has a star stuck on one horn from her famous jump over the moon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>A space probe named Cow? (There was one. Well, almost.) Read all about the moon-circling space probe designed in 1957 by Krafft Ehricke and George Gamow in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2012\/11\/the-cow-jumped-over-the-moon-1957\/\">The Cow Jumped Over the Moon<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>ART AND COWS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14054\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cows-cant-fly-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cows-cant-fly-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cows-cant-fly.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In David Milgrim\u2019s rhyming <i>Cows Can\u2019t Fly<\/i> (Viking Juvenile, 1998), an imaginative little boy draws a picture of orange cows in a blue sky \u2013 and suddenly cows take to the air.\u00a0 The problem: none of the flying-cow-resistant adults will look up. (\u201cMs. Crumb said cows\/were far too fat\/that facts were facts\/and that was that.\u201d) For ages 3-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Want a flying cow of your own? From Playmaker Toys, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Playmaker-Toys-Flingshot-Flying-White\/dp\/B000KK3WDM\">Flying Cow<\/a>, launched via elastic slingshot, makes a mooing sound as it shoots through the air.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pigasso-and-Mootisse-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pigasso-and-Mootisse-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pigasso-and-Mootisse-1024x988.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pigasso-and-Mootisse-768x741.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pigasso-and-Mootisse-1536x1481.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Pigasso-and-Mootisse.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Nina Laden\u2019s witty <i>When Pigasso Met Mootisse<\/i> (Chronicle Books, 1998) pictures artist Pablo Picasso as a beret-wearing pig and Henri Matisse as a bright-red bull. The artistic pair move into neighboring country houses, which they transform into works of art \u2013 but gradually their friendship falls apart as they criticize each other\u2019s styles. (\u201cYou paint like a two-year-old!\u201d \u201cYou paint like a wild beast!\u201d) Eventually, however, they solve their differences by painting a pair of masterpieces on either side of their dividing fence. For ages 4-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/blue-rider-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/blue-rider-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/blue-rider.jpg 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Doris Kutschbach\u2019s <i>The Blue Rider: The Yellow Cow Sees the World in Blue<\/i> (Prestel, 1997), one of the Adventures in Art series, is the beautifully designed story of a group of innovative painters collectively known as the Blue Riders \u2013 among them Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee \u2013 who turned the art world upside-down with their creative uses of form and color. Illustrated with brilliantly colored art reproductions and photos of the artists at work. Check out the yellow cow. For ages 8-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masterworksfineart.com\/educational-resources\/andy-warhol\/andy-warhol-cow-series-1971\/\">Andy Warhol&#8217;s Cows<\/a> and try your hand at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsology.com\/warhol-cow-wallpaper.php\">Andy Warhol Cow Wallpaper Game<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Artists Helping Children, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artistshelpingchildren.org\/cowscraftsideasactivitieskids.html\">Cow Crafts for Kids<\/a> has a long list of cow projects with instructions. Make stand-up paper cows, cow puppets, cow masks, an origami cow, and many more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From DLTK, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dltk-kids.com\/animals\/mplate-cow.htm\">Paper Plate Cow Craft<\/a> has instructions and a template for making a cool cow mask on a stick.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>At <a href=\"http:\/\/funhandprintart.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/farm-animal-handprints-duck-and-cow.html\">Handprint and Footprint Art<\/a>, find out how to make a handprint cow. (Also a handprint duck.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Busy Bee, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.busybeekidscrafts.com\/cowcraftsforkids.html\">Cow Crafts for Kids<\/a> has a nice assortment of projects, among them a clothespin calf, a talking cow card, and a cut-and-paste picture of a lush green field filled with thumbprint cows.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/sock-cows-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/sock-cows-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/sock-cows.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>We all know about sock monkeys \u2013 so why not a sock cow? Learn to make an adorable one at <a href=\"http:\/\/craft-with-confidence.blogspot.com\/2010\/12\/sock-cow-tutorial.html\">Sock Cow Tutorial<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14316\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/cow-parade-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/cow-parade-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/cow-parade.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CowParade\">CowParade<\/a> is a public art exhibit (possibly the world\u2019s largest) in which fiberglass sculptures of cows are decorated by artists and displayed in public places.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/painting-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/painting-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/painting.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>For a cow drawing project for early-elementary kids, see Deep Space Sparkle\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deepspacesparkle.com\/cow-art-lesson\/\">How to Draw a Cow<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>COW POEMS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14043\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bk-of-animal-poetry-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bk-of-animal-poetry-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bk-of-animal-poetry-855x1024.jpg 855w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bk-of-animal-poetry-768x920.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bk-of-animal-poetry-1282x1536.jpg 1282w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Bk-of-animal-poetry-1710x2048.jpg 1710w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><i>The National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry<\/i> (National Geographic Children\u2019s Books, 2012), compiled by J. Patrick Lewis, is a collection of 200 animal-themed poems paired with stunning full-page color photographs. Among the poems: \u201cThe Cow\u201d by Robert Louis Stevenson. A gorgeous book for ages 4 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14046\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/childs-garden-of-verses-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/childs-garden-of-verses-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/childs-garden-of-verses.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Robert Louis Stevenson\u2019s poem \u201cThe Cow\u201d can also be found in <i>A Child\u2019s Garden of Verses<\/i> (Simon &amp; Schuster, 1999) or online <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poemhunter.com\/poem\/the-cow-2\/\">here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poemhunter.com\/gelett-burgess\/biography\/\">Gelett Burgess<\/a> is best known for the immortal four-line poem \u201cI Never Saw a Purple Cow.\u201d This website has a great biography of Burgess (including an account of the fatal Cogswell Fountain Incident), the text of \u201cPurple Cow,\u201d and a list of Burgess\u2019s publications.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>For more on Burgess\u2019s Purple Cow, a lot of purple cow parodies, and a poetry challenge, see <a href=\"http:\/\/wessonblog.wordpress.com\/2012\/05\/23\/poetry-wednesday-how-now-purple-cow\/\">How Now, Purple Cow?<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14051\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-by-Hawthorne-213x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-by-Hawthorne-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-by-Hawthorne-726x1024.jpg 726w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-by-Hawthorne-768x1083.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-by-Hawthorne-1090x1536.jpg 1090w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cow-by-Hawthorne.jpg 1418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Susan Hawthorne\u2019s <i>Cow<\/i> (Spinifex Press, 2011) is a fascinating poetry collection in which Queenie, leader of the herd, guides readers through mythology, philosophy, history, and language. For teens and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><b>COWS AND MATH<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14049\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/counting-cows-original-imaeajvzh93gfpfp-300x283.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/counting-cows-original-imaeajvzh93gfpfp-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/counting-cows-original-imaeajvzh93gfpfp-768x725.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/counting-cows-original-imaeajvzh93gfpfp.jpg 832w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Woody Jackson\u2019s <i>Counting Cows<\/i> (Harcourt, 1995), illustrated with gorgeous black-and-white cows and electric-colored watercolor landscapes, readers count backwards from ten cows to zero \u2013 and then wind up with a barn dance. For ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>From Cool Math Games, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coolmathgames.com\/0-find-the-cow\">Find the Cow<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coolmath-games.com\/0-mooo\/\">Mooo!<\/a> are collections of clever and varied interactive puzzles, all involving problem-solving and cows.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>From Illuminations, <a href=\"http:\/\/illuminations.nctm.org\/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=218\">Grouping and Grazing<\/a> is an exercise in adding, subtracting, tallying, and counting by 5s and 10s as an alien spaceship moves cows into corrals.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>For math students who like a challenge, <a href=\"https:\/\/math.stackexchange.com\/questions\/523169\/newtons-problem-of-cows-and-fields\">Newton\u2019s Cows<\/a> is a deceptively simple-sounding problem (originally attributed to Sir Isaac Newton) about the amount grass eaten by cows. There\u2019s an accompanying step-by-step explanation of the solution.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14055\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cows-in-the-maze-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cows-in-the-maze-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cows-in-the-maze.jpg 381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Ian Stewart\u2019s <i>Cows in the Maze and Other Mathematical Explorations<\/i> (Oxford University Press, 2010) is a chatty collection of creative mathematical puzzles and recreations. Readers learn about time travel, sphericons, cat\u2019s cradle, probability in the courtroom, and cows, lost in a maze. For teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>In this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mathfair.com\/cats-cows-and-pigs.html\">Cats, Cows, and Pigs<\/a> puzzle, a farmer has nine animal pens arranged in three rows of three. Each pen must contain a cat, a pig, or a cow \u2013 but no row or column can contain two of the same animal. It\u2019s a sort of Sudoku puzzle for kids, with cows.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maa.org\/external_archive\/devlin\/devlin_02_04.html\">Cattle of the Sun<\/a> is a discussion of Archimedes\u2019s famous and fiendish.cattle problem, originally written in the form of a poem.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>AND WHAT ABOUT THE BULLS?<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14084\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-Story-of-Ferdinand-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-Story-of-Ferdinand-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-Story-of-Ferdinand-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/The-Story-of-Ferdinand.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>By Munro Leaf, <i>The Story of Ferdinand<\/i> (Viking Juvenile, 2011) is the classic tale of the peaceful bull who wanted only to sit under a cork tree, smelling the flowers. Then he\u2019s stung by a bee just as recruiters arrive from Madrid to choose the biggest, fiercest bull for the bullfights. For ages 3-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14062\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ferdinand-in-latin-254x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ferdinand-in-latin-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ferdinand-in-latin-868x1024.jpg 868w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ferdinand-in-latin-768x906.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ferdinand-in-latin.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Ferdinand\u2019s story is also available in Latin. Check out <i>Ferdinandus Taurus<\/i> (David R. Godine, 2000).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14065\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hug-a-bull-267x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hug-a-bull-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hug-a-bull.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Aaron Zenz\u2019s picture book <i>Hug a Bull: An Ode to Animal Dads<\/i> (Walker Children\u2019s Books, 2013) introduces kids to the names of 27 different animal dads. (For 27 animal moms, see the companion book <i>I Love Ewe<\/i>.) For ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\">\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14070\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/little-joe-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/little-joe-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/little-joe.jpg 397w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Sandra Neil Wallace\u2019s <i>Little Joe<\/i> (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2010), nine-year-old Eli is given a calf of his own to raise. (But don\u2019t bother naming him, Eli\u2019s father warns, because he\u2019s just going to be eaten.) Even so, Eli names him Little Joe \u2013 and, after Joe wins the blue ribbon as best bull at the county cattle show, Eli\u2019s grandfather buys him to save him from the butcher. It\u2019s a great story of old-fashioned farm life, the difficulties of family relationships, and the struggles that come with growing up. For ages 9-12.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shadow-of-a-bull-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shadow-of-a-bull-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shadow-of-a-bull-690x1024.jpg 690w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shadow-of-a-bull-768x1140.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/shadow-of-a-bull.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Maia Wojciechowska\u2019s Newbery-winning <i>Shadow of a Bull<\/i> (Aladdin, 2007), eleven-year-old Manolo\u2019s father, a world-famous bullfighter, died when he was three. Everyone has always expected Manolo to follow in his father\u2019s footsteps \u2013 but Manolo wants to pursue his own path. A wonderful story of courage and friendship. For ages 9 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14045\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bull-rider-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bull-rider-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bull-rider-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bull-rider-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bull-rider-1020x1536.jpg 1020w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bull-rider-1360x2048.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/bull-rider.jpg 1636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Suzanne Morgan Williams\u2019s <i>Bull Rider<\/i> (Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2010), 14-year-old Cam O\u2019Mara isn\u2019t much interested in the family sport of bull-riding \u2013 he\u2019s a skateboarder \u2013 until his older brother Ben comes home from Iraq with a brain injury. If Cam can only ride the champion bull Ugly for just eight seconds, the prize money will make all the difference in the world to Ben. For ages 12 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/king-must-die-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/king-must-die-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/king-must-die-660x1024.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/king-must-die-768x1192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/king-must-die-989x1536.jpg 989w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/king-must-die-1319x2048.jpg 1319w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/king-must-die.jpg 1538w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Mary Renault\u2019s <i>The King Must Die<\/i> (Vintage, 1988) is an historical retelling of the story of Theseus. Here the young Theseus discovers the identity of his father and joins the fourteen young men and women sent as tribute to King Minos of Crete, where all are trained to become bull-dancers \u2013 vaulting over the horns of bulls.\u00a0 (Bulls! It&#8217;s not clear why this edition has a horse on the cover.) The story continues in <i>The Bull from the Sea<\/i> (Vintage, 2001). Terrific reads for older teens and adults, these are compellingly told using a wealth of research into the history, archaeology, and culture of the time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out these lists for typing cows, flying cows, purple cows, and pirate cows; find out what cows have to do with whales; and learn&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[774],"tags":[737,738,749,748,750,736,744,751,745,747,742,740,739,741,743,746],"class_list":["post-5410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animals","tag-bulls","tag-childrens-books","tag-cow-art","tag-cow-crafts","tag-cow-poems","tag-cows","tag-famous-cows","tag-ferdinand","tag-great-chicago-fire","tag-hey-diddle-diddle","tag-history-of-cows","tag-methane","tag-milk","tag-sacred-cows","tag-science-of-cows","tag-the-cow-jumped-over-the-moon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5410"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19789,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5410\/revisions\/19789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}