K.7:The student will investigate and understand basic needs and life processes of plants and animals. It’s published by Crown Publishers in New York and can be used with the following SOLs: I think it’s a very versatile book, and as well as using it as a launching pad to talk about the moon, I think it would also be appropriate to study in an English class – as I mentioned there was a lot of interesting literary characteristic in the story, such as personification and double meanings (for example: the book would refer to some things as “udder”-ly ridiculous).Īlthough the book’s intended audience is K-2 (according to scholastic book wizard), it’s readability level is listed at 4.5 (also according to scholastic book wizard). The book used a lot of “play on words” and jokes that were a bit too sophisticated for my Kindergarteners, but they seemed to enjoy the basic story and a lot of them referenced things they had learned about the moon from the book later in the day. In the story, she decides that since her great-great grandparent was the cow who jumped over the moon, she wants to be the cow that walks on the moon! Throughout the story she talks about some of the characteristics of the moon, such as its phases and craters.

'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.We read this book in my Kindergarten practicum class on Thursday! It’s the delightful story about a cow named Martha, who gets bored just eating grass and getting milked all the time. Joy Fleishhacker, New York Public LibraryĬopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Read this along with Lisa Ernst's When Bluebell Sang (Bradbury, 1989) for an entertaining story time about bovines. Whether depicting the adventurous cow perched precariously on a surfboard, or hinting at the famous photograph as Martha stands on the 'moon' holding the American flag, Teague makes the most of each funny situation. A carefully balanced layout alternates full-page illustrations with smaller vignettes. Teague's lush, deeply colored paintings feature textured brushstrokes. Tongue-in-cheek humor, clever wordplay, and offbeat asides make for a lively text. Vowing to reach the moon on her own, Martha stampedes through the streets of New York City, finally arriving at the American Museum of Natural History, where she dons a space helmet and proudly walks on a replica of the lunar surface. Folding her hooves across her chest, she states emphatically, ''No moon, no milk.'' Rob tries to distract her with a series of earthly tourist jaunts: surfing at Venice Beach (''Hang ten, Martha''), exploring Crater Lake National Park, even a trip to Radio City Music Hall (''Not the rockets, Martha.

PreSchool-Grade 4-When Rob comes for milk, Martha, his rather histrionic cow, reveals her boredom with eating grass and her desire to become a ''cowsmonaut'' and journey to the moon.

No Moon, No Milk! by Chris Babcock