When Cows Come Home by David L. Harrison Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: A herd of cows rides bicycles, square dances, goes swimming, and more in this rhyming picture book.

Flannel Board

	Sixteen Cows by Lisa Wheeler Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Rhyming tale of Cowboy Gene and Cowgirl Sue, whose beloved cows get mixed up when a storm blows down the fence between their ranches.

Song

	Cows Can't Fly by David Milgrim Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: After drawing a picture of cows that is blown away by a breeze, a child tries to convince others that cows are flying through the air.

Song

	Cows Going Past by Bruce Balan Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Come along for a ride and see the most entertaining, surprising cows you could ever imagine. Cows fishing, cows playing mini golf, cows mowing the lawn. . . .

	Kiss the Cow! by Phyllis Root Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Annalisa, the most curious and stubborn of Mama May's children, disobeys her mother and upsets the family cow by refusing to kiss her in return for the milk she gives.

Films

	Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin Age Level: Advanced Preschool and up
Synopsis: When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.

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More Books to Read On Your Own

Cock-A-Doodle-Moo
by Bernard Most
Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: When the rooster loses its voice and must ask the cow for help to wake everybody, the resulting sound provides a hearty laugh for the farmer and his animals.

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
by Doreen Cronin
Age Level: Advanced Preschool and up
Synopsis: When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.

No Moon, No Milk!
by Chris Babcock
Age Level: Advanced Preschool and up
Synopsis: Martha the cow refuses to give milk until she can visit the moon like her great-great-grandmother before her, the Cow Who Jumped Over the Moon.

Sailor Moo: Cow at Sea
by Lisa Wheeler
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: A cow dreams of becoming a sailor on the ocean.

Moonstruck : The True Story of the Cow Who Jumped Over the Moon
by Gennifer Choldenko
Age Level: Advanced Preschool and up
Synopsis: The horse seriously doubts that the cow will ever be able to jump over the Moon but offers respect and admiration when the determined bovine accomplishes that feat.

Cows in the Kitchen
by June Crebbin
Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: While Tom Farmer is asleep under the haystack, the cows, ducks, pigs, hens, and sheep make quite a mess in the farmhouse.
Note: Artfelt has a Cows in the Kitchen felt puppet set.

The Cow Who Wouldn't Come Down
by Paul Johnson
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: Miss Rosemary knows her cow, Gertrude, has a mind of her own. But when Gertrude takes up a new hobby, Miss Rosemary is faced with a problem: how do you milk a flying cow?

What a Wonderful Day to Be a Cow
by Carolyn Lesser
Age Level: Advanced Preschool and up
Synopsis: Every month of the year, the animals on a farm enjoy their way of life and the weather that greets them.

Two Cool Cows
by Toby Speed
Age Level: Advanced Preschool and up
Synopsis: Millie and Maude are two cool cows who fly to the moon and back in a night wearing the Huckabuck children's new black boots.

Some Cows
by Mark Shulman
Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: "Some cows are thin/Some cows are fat/Some cows look silly in a hat."

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More Songs for at Home

The Farmer in the Dell

The farmer in the dell
The farmer in the dell
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The farmer in the dell

The farmer takes a wife
The farmer takes a wife
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The farmer takes a wife

The wife takes a child
The wife takes a child
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The wife takes a child

The child takes a nurse
The child takes a nurse
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The child takes a nurse

The nurse takes a cow
The nurse takes a cow
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The nurse takes a cow

The cow takes a dog
The cow takes a dog
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The cow takes a dog

The dog takes a cat
The dog takes a cat
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The dog takes a cat

The cat takes a rat
The cat takes a rat
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The cat takes a rat

The rat takes the cheese
The rat takes the cheese
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The rat takes the cheese

The cheese stands alone
The cheese stands alone
Hi-ho, the derry-o
The cheese stands alone

Circle Game:

Ten children (or more) join hands and dance around the FARMER, who stands in the center of the circle as they sing. At the end of the first verse, the FARMER chooses his WIFE, who joins him inside the circle. At the end of the next verse, the WIFE takes a CHILD, and so on, until the last verse when everyone is in the circle except the CHEESE, who stands alone. Whoever ends up being the CHEESE becomes the FARMER for the next round.

Little Boy Blue

Little boy blue,
Come blow your horn!
The sheep's in the meadow;
The cow's in the corn
Where is the boy
Who looks after the sheep?
He's under the haystack,
Fast asleep.
Will you wake him?
No, not I,
For if I do,
He's sure to cry.