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• ISBN13: 9780152047634
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Bernard Most | | Paperback:
| 40 pages | | Publisher:
| Sandpiper | | Publication Date:
| September 01, 2003 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0152047638 | | Product Length:
| 7.84 inches | | Product Width:
| 10.28 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.13 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.35 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.8 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.7 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.3 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 13 reviews |
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1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Silly story, poor messageFeb 02, 2010
This is the story of a cow that could only oink and a pig that could only moo. They were laughed at and made fun of by the other animals, until they got together and taught each other to make the other sound. So, then they were the only animals on the farm who could do both. And then they are depicted as laughing at the other animals because they didn't have the same skill.
First of all, I don't like the message of this book. It's certainly the natural response to want to get back at those who have made fun of you, but that's not what I'm trying to teach my children (ages 8 and under). Yes, it's going to be difficult, but they don't need encouraged to think that it's appropriate to be unkind to those who have been unkind to them.
And other than that message, the book is simply a bunch of silliness. I don't tend to care for purely silly books. There are plenty of books that have some value: a good lesson, teaching rhyming, etc. Other than a bunch of silliness this book has only a lesson that I don't want my children learning.
Also, if you are still interested in this book, consider that your child needs to already know animal sounds or they won't "get" the story and may end up confused about the proper sounds.
And, finally, I don't enjoy reading this book; it just drags on for me. And there are other children's books that I am perfectly happy to read.
Personally, I would not recommend this book to anyone. Other young children's books that I would recommend The Little Red Hen Big Book, The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Ten Little Ladybugs, BIG RED BARN, and I Will Rejoice: Celebrating Psalm 118.
 great story,my students loved itJun 07, 2009
I teach 5 year olds. My students really enjoyed the book. They loved hearing how the pig and cow worked on changing their sound!
Silly but sweetJul 06, 2008
My 2-year-old daughter now insists on this book every night at bedtime, and that is a rare occurrence for her. We first checked it out from the library, and after having to renew it twice, broke down and got our own copy. She loves to hear all the silly animal sounds, and I think that's the main hook for her, but the pictures are vivid and fun, too. It's also a fun read-aloud book, which is great when you're the parent who gets to read it over and over and over... :)
A deep, existentialist (partially Thomist) commentary on the forms of one's existence.Apr 27, 2008
"The Cow That Went OINK" explores a delicate question: what exactly defines us as beings? Surely a cow is not a cow because its matter resembles that which we take to be a cow; in fact, what makes a cow is that it has the FORM of a cow that exists beyond its matter, that it exhibits the defining transcendental characteristics that give it "cow-ness". When reading this book, I had to wonder: is a cow that goes "oink" truly a cow, or at that moment does it cease to exist as a cow and instead manifest its existence as a pig? I commend this book for exploring this introspective journey we all must take to realize the actuality of our existence.
0 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 The Cow and The Pig Who Went QuackersOct 22, 2007
In "The Cow That Went Oink", one cow could not moo. He said "Oink." One pig could not oink. He said "Moo." All of the other animals laugh at the cow and the pig. The cow teaches the pig to oink and the pig teaches the cow to moo.
I suppose that I am in the minority because I did not like this story at all. Perhaps if this book focused more on the teasing that the two animals received, I would have been inclined to give a better rating.
I did not see a reason why children would care what either of the animals sounded like. Most two years olds (the group that I work with) are just beginning to associate the animals to the sounds that they make. This book would only seek to confuse youngsters who are beginning to develop their own language skills.
The text is simple enough so that it could only be suitable for young children of this age group. Perhaps three's and four's can appreciate the symbolism of this story.
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