Adventures of Cow is a 2005 children's picture book series written by Lori Korchek and illustrated by Marshall Taylor.tenspeed.com, author Lori Korchek, Retrieved 2008-11-01thebookstacks.com, November 3, 2006, "Travel With a Small Squishy Cow", retrieved 2008-11-01 econkids.rutgers.edu, Rutgers University, "Review by: Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children", Retrieved 2008-11-01 The sequel, Adventures of Cow, Too, was published in 2007.
Series Adventures of Cow A squish toy cow travels in a yellow backpack. She asks various misidentified farm animals how to get home, because she is very confused and not really smart. Back home, she talks to her family which are a penguin doorstep, a hippo vase, and a vegetable brush. Her aunt, a vegetable brush, suggests that she write books about her adventures. That causes the toy cow to become famous and appear on TV. Adventures of Cow Too Cow needs groceries and she has just a few items on the list. Also, Cow needs to make it home on time. It has vocabulary mix-ups and silly on-location photographs.kidslit.menasshalivrary.org , "Adventures of Cow, Too", Retrieved 2008-11-01
Reception Adventures of Cow was selected as a Sonder Books Stand Out (2005) and received positive reviews from Eclectica Magazine, The Book Stacks, Kirkus Reviews, and Armchair Interviews.
The School Library Journal reviewed in poorly, stating, "For children in the concrete stages of development, this book will be confusing, not funny. Other youngsters will just be bored."Janssen, Carolyn (June 2005). School Library Journal. Vol. 51 Issue 6, p118-118, 1/5p
References
External links Adventures of Cow official website