Giveaway:
In celebration of my spring release, What Does Cow Say? (Scholastic), I'm giving away this cute barn carrying case, small plush cow, and an autographed copy of the book. This rhyming lift-the-large-flap board book is mega-sturdy and bigger than many board books at 7" x 8.5".
Two steps to enter:
1. Drop a comment with a creative (g-rated) guess regarding what a cow might say other than the obvious.2. Click to "follow" this blog and/or friend me on Facebook.
USA only, Contest runs May 5-8. I'll post the winner here in comments. Good luck!
Giveaway #2 See my other Blog Hop in the post below.
Story scoop: These farm animals have big mouths! When the sun came up, Duck went Quack which woke his neighbor, Cow, who went MOO, which woke Rooster who went Cock-a-doodle-doo. . . As each animal awakens, totz can guess what it says and open its big-flap beak, snout, or mouth to read its signature sound. The final spread shows a child waking up--with open arms and a final HOORAY! to welcome the day!
Art scoop: Instead of a manuscript, I submitted this 2-page dummy to Scholastic/Cartwheel for consideration. All the mouths had working flaps taped over them, so they'd lift to reveal the animal sound below. A lot goes into creating these seemingly uncomplicated books. For instance, the title and some of the text changed during the editing process. And as you can see, artist Jannie Ho made the book way cuter than my proposal.
Lucky me to have Jannie illustrate this book! She studied illustration at Parsons School of Design in NYC, and was a designer at Nickelodeon, Scholastic, and associate art director at TIME Magazine for Kids before becoming a full-time illustrator. Wow!
~ Joan Holub
Lucky me to have Jannie illustrate this book! She studied illustration at Parsons School of Design in NYC, and was a designer at Nickelodeon, Scholastic, and associate art director at TIME Magazine for Kids before becoming a full-time illustrator. Wow!
~ Joan Holub
What Does Cow Say?
Author: Joan Holub
Illustrator: Jannie Ho
Scholastic, Cartwheel Books, 2011
71 comments:
A cow might say "Hey, I'd like some hay"
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A happy-friendly cow might say, "Enjoy the milk!".
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Thanks for the chance to win this awesome giveaway! My kids would love it!
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The cow might say Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz because there was a fly in the grass he ate.
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I follow you on facebook as Erin Boxell Hull
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A cow might say, "the grass is always greener on the other side of the hill"
Teresha Freckleton-Petite sent you a friend request on FB
I am not very creative but the cows aon our farm say "They are happy" and I am nnot from CAL. ;)
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A cow might say, "Moo-ve over and share the hay."
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A cow might say, "If you shake me, You will NOT get milkshakes!"
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The cow would say "What the hay?"
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and the cow might say...would you like some cookies with that delicious milk?
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A cow might say..."Got milk?"
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and "Got Milk"
I’ll head over and accept FB requests now if I haven’t already accepted yours.
Hay, I mean, hey, Sena! Thanks for the fun suggestion. :o)
Jinky, it’s great to see you, lady! Thank you for stopping by and for the cute cow-talk.
Jennifer! And thank you for putting together this hop and for coming by to comment!
Hi Erin, very cute. Thank you for following on FB.
Teresha, so true! Thanks. What a cute profile photo!
Mkj, I know those commercials. :o)
Heather, what a moo-velous suggestion! Thanks for commenting.
Brandy, Thanks! It’s too bad we can’t get milkshakes that way, huh? :o)
Lola, thanks. And hay!
Our family, Thanks for dropping a comment!
Hi Polly, yes I would DEFINITELY like some cookies. :o) Thanks for the cute comment.
The Mitchells, so true. And I do have milk. Always. I’m a chocolate milk-aholic. Thanks for following!
DeDa, thanksfor following!
Esluka, hello and thanks for dropping a comment.
Hi all,
Thanks for your cow comments!
As you can see, I'm part of two blog hops that both end on Mother's Day. There's one just below this one, for the Goddess Girls series, ages 8-12, Athena the Wise.
I'll post winners in both Sunday night.
Good luck in the hops! I hope you win lots of goodies.
The cow might say "what is a moshake anyway?"
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I think a cow might say do your prefer organic milk? If so feed me better ;)
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Following on GFC and sent you a Friend request (D Schmidt)
Cow would say "Muuust love Joan Holub" :) Really cute giveaway.
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A cow might say, "Mooove out of my way!". Lol.
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A cow might say, "Udderly moooving to meet you!" :)
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A cow might say Got milk!
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I'm a follower on GFC. A cow might say "Milk is good for you." captainliss40(at)gmail(dot)com
A cow might say "Hay, would you like some milk?
I also follow your blog via GFC (Veronica) Thanks
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"Milk me" ?
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The cow might say "Moove it or lose it."
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A cow might say, "Eat more chicken!"
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A cow might say, "Can I sleep in the house with you? The pigs snore!"
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I'm your fan on Facebook.
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A cow might say "I'm over the mooooon for hay"
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Thanks to everyone for your cud-dly, cowtastic comments! And thanks for being part of the blog hop.
Our randomly chosen winner is Jinky!
It was a pleasure meeting everyone. I hope you had a lovely Mother's Day.
~ Joan
Jinky, please email me at joanholubauthor4 at aol dot com with an address I can mail your copy of What Does Cow Say?, plush cow, and bar carrycase. Congrats again!
~ Joan
"Hey!" (or "Hay", depending)
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The cow would say "whooooo are yoooooo"
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Hey why you got a black eye...did someone give ya a knuckle sandwich?
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how come only the dog gets his own place?
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The cow might say "bueno pasto" (cow in mexico)
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The cow might say, "Hay! It's not just for horses." I'm a gfc follower
Thanks for this wonderful giveaway! My son would love it - he loves farm animals, especially cows!
Sarah
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The cow might say...Got Milk?
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A cow might say "Shoo fly" when they swat at them with their tails.
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I follow on GFC.
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Miss Daisy may say "Please Moooo-ve out of my way I'm late for the moooo-vies!" ;)
Sent a friend request on FB
What a cooooozy place to sleep.
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Very Cute!!
Cow "Can somebody take care of these flies for me?"
I'm following your blog.
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He might say "I wish I could sleep laying down"
and I follow your blog GFC as Yayas Mommy
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How adorable!!!!
We read a story at bedtime and when my daughter and I get carried away and drag out/postpone going to sleep, when we get to the part where it says, "And the cow says......" my husband cuts in and says, instead of "moo", "Shhhhhh". Of course, that results in peals of giggles.
So if my cow is going to say something other than "Moo", I'll have to choose "Shhhhh" because he wants the girl cows to be quiet and to go to sleep!
I think the cow might say "Bazinga!"
New follower on GFC w/ katklaw777.
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Great giveaway, thanks.
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