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Zipping around the apartment, trying to round things up, urban cattle dog Dog longs for the life he was made for. But once on the farm, clueless Dog tries to round up a chicken, a pig, and a donkey; readers will spot the cow before he does. Stevens packs a lot of emotion into the canine's frenetic body movements and the cow's gentle eyes.
Sisters Stevens and Crummel -- borrowing a little from "Town Mouse, Country Mouse" and another bit from Are You My Mother? -- tell a winning story of Dog, an urban cattle dog who longs for the life he was made for. Dog spends his day zipping around the apartment, trying to move, chase, and round things up. Bird, tired of this, lets Dog know his true calling: "Go! Find a cow NOW!" Ever resourceful, Dog takes the elevator down, then follows the streets and roads until he ends up in the country. Though he's happy to be there, Dog knows nothing about farm life and, in his confusion, tries to round up a chicken, a pig, and a donkey. Defeated (and probably injured by the donkey's kick), Dog just wants to go home. The reader is in on the joke when a large animal with an udder offers to act as Dog's escort. Stevens packs a lot of emotion into the canine's frenetic body movements and the cow's gentle eyes. In the acrylic, pencil, and collage illustrations, the city's rather drab hues give way to yellow-greens and blues once our hero finds the farm. When Dog finally realizes whom he has been dealing with all along, children will laugh right with him: "Wow. I found a cow." robin l. smith
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