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Wohnoutka's brightly toned cartoon illustrations provide a huge variety of perspectives but keep the cow well centered and ever on the go. On some spreads, moo is rightfully drawn out to span the width of two pagesâafter hitting a rock in the road, for example, cow and car become airborneâwhile other moos are posited as questions or expressions of curiosity, glee, terror, and shame. With the exception of a couple of landscape signs (such as the For Sale placard on the car), the entire text of this energetic and humorously anthropomorphic tale is composed of variations on the titular Moo.

Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2013 September #1 When her farmer puts a For Sale sign on his old red car, the cow takes it for a joy ride and lands in multiple bits of trouble.

This event is free and open to all ages.Ĭopyright 2023 KEYC. This event is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant provided by the Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

When he is not creating new books, he loves to read, play board games, and carve unique jack-o’-lanterns, which you can view at his website, A former elementary school teacher, David still visits many classrooms around the Midwest (and world!) each year, talking with students about books, writing, and illustrating.

His many picture book titles include The Best Pet of All, How Martha Saved Her Parents from Green Beans, See the Cat: Three Stories about a Dog, and Moo! He is the recipient of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, the Sid Fleischman Humor Award, multiple children’s choice awards, and a four-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award.

4 at 10:30 a.m.ĭavid LaRochelle has been creating books for young people for over thirty years. (KEYC) - The Blue Earth County Library System (BECLS) will welcome award-winning children’s author David LaRochelle to the Blue Earth County Library auditorium on Saturday, Feb.