Module 5--Dooby Dooby Moo

Dooby Dooby Moo

Synopsis: Duck and his barnyard friends are driving Farmer Brown crazy. They're practicing for the county fair's talent show. First prize: a trampoline! Can Farmer Brown control the wild antics?

Citation: Cronin, Doreen. Dooby Dooby Moo. (2006). Illus. by Betsy Lewin. New York: Atheneum.

My thoughts: This is my favorite of the all the Duck and Farmer Brown books. I love the story and the animals singing out "Dooby, dooby, dooby moo. Dooby moo, moo, moo, moo, moo* (*that's Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, get it??) As always the Cronin/Lewin team combine perfectly for excellent storytelling. This certainly takes first prize in my estimation.

Library usage: It would be fun to have a talent show with local kids and read this story. It could be used as an introduction to the arts. Or just good, all-around, storytime fun. Let the kids sing as animals.

Review:

The cows, duck, and Farmer Brown of Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (Simon & Schuster, 2000) fame are back again in [Dooby Dooby Moo,] a hilarious, new adventure. In the newest tale, the farm animals decide to enter a talent contest at the county fair in hope of winning first prize, a trampoline. The cows decide to sing, the sheep decide to sing, the pigs decide to do an interpretive dance, and duck directs. Once again, Farmer Brown hears strange noises coming from the barn each night as the farm animals practice their act and he knows the farm animals are up to something. But what? Like the earlier titles, this is a book that children and adults will enjoy giggling over together. The lively text and energetic watercolor illustrations are highly engaging and entertaining. For a rollicking and raucous barnyard story time, pair this read-aloud with Margie Palatini's Moo Who? (HarperCollins, 2004) or Elizabeth Winthrop's Dumpy La Rue (Henry Holt & Company, 2001), which was also illustrated by Betsy Lewin.

Boyd, Kristi. "Review of Dooby Dooby Moo." Illus. Betsy Lewin. Library Media Connection 25.5 (Feb. 2007): 68. Rpt. in Children's Literature Review. Ed. Tom Burns. Vol. 136. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Literature Resource Center. Web.