About the Author

Martha Freeman is the critically acclaimed children's writer ofStinkbomb Mom, Fourth Grade Weirdo,andThe Year My Parents Ruined My Life.

STEVEN SALERNO is the author/illustrator of 5 picture books-Coco the Carrot,Little Tumbo, Harry Hungry!,Wild Child, andTim's Goodbye.Steven has also illustrated 24 popular picture books for other authors, including,Brothers at Bat(a New York Times Book Review's Notable Picture Book of the Year), The Kid from Diamond, The Fantastic Ferris Wheel,Goldenlocks and the Three Pirates, 19 Girls and Me,Margaret Wise Brown'sThe Dirty Little Boy, Mrs. Wow never Wanted a Cow, and The Puppy Princess.Steven's illustrations also appear in advertising, magazines, product packaging, and retail graphics.A graduate of Parson School of Design in NYC, helives and works in Manhattan. Visit him at stevensalerno.com

Reviews

K-Gr 2-In this funny beginning reader, Mrs. Wow is mowing her lawn when she discovers a cow on it. Although she shoos it away, the animal will not leave. The woman's lazy dog and cat convince her to keep the animal and then attempt to train it to do their jobs, but the newcomer is a disaster at catching mice and guarding the house. Mrs. Wow finally finds two things that it can do-eat grass and give milk (which is later made into ice cream). The story ends happily with the cow mowing and the cat and dog doing "anything" for ice cream. The mostly one-syllable words with regular phonetic patterns are spare and natural, and Salerno's brightly colored cartoon illustrations amplify the text's humor.-Bobbee Pennington, Bryan Public Library, TX Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.