Minnie and Moo & the Seven Wonders of the World (Minnie and Moo (Live Oak Hardcover))
Grade 2-4-The comic cows who have endeared themselves to the beginning-reader set are back in a longer chapter book for transitional readers. Moo thinks she has overheard Mr. Farmer talk about selling the farm, and she cajoles Minnie into helping her carry out a fund-raising scheme designed to entice donations from the other animals. The bovines lead the group on a barnyard tour of their version of the Seven Wonders of the World, all cooked up by Moo. They include a bunion with George Washington's face on it; a Rock That Never Moves (but that has somehow disappeared); a UFO landing site, complete with the hubcap it left behind; Flying Long Underwear; and other unexplainable phenomena. But when Big Hoof turns out to be a real creature (Irene the rhino, escaped from the local zoo), even skeptical Elvis the rooster is almost moved to contribute. Irene reveals that it's not their own farm but the neighboring Wilkerson farm that is in danger of being sold. The zoo's "Dotty Docents" come looking for the missing animal and unwittingly save the day when they decide to give generously to the campaign to save the "Forest Octopus," thereby salvaging the farm. Loaded with silly fun, droll illustrations of varying sizes, and familiar farmyard "characters," this latest dose of bovine antics, in its expansive new format, is sure to please old friends and make new ones.Marie Orlando, Suffolk Cooperative Library System, Bellport, NYCopyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.