Miaow Said the Cow
by Emma Dodd
Cat's feeling grouchy: he's been harshly woken up again by the farm cockerel crowing.
'Something's got to be done about that', he mutters and after a little thought, weaves a crafty spell. When the cockerel opens his beak next morning, all he can say – very quietly - is 'squeak'.
Other animals are similarly affected: pigs cluck, hens oink, sheep woof, dogs baa – and the cow can only say 'miaow'.
It's bedlam, and the animals are deeply discontented; with a deafening 'MOOOO' they turn on the cat and he's forced to undo his trickery.
Thick, sweeping lines and bold earthy colours wittily portray the animals in this jaunty, rollicking cautionary tale bursting with farmyard noises; great to read aloud.
Publisher: Templar
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Emma Dodd
Emma Dodd was brought up in Guildford, Surrey, in a family of artists. As a child she loved the work of Peter Firmin, John Burningham and Gerald Rose and from as far back as she can remember she wanted to be an illustrator.
Emma studied graphic design and Illustration at Central Saint Martin's School of Art and has worked in advertising, editorial and book illustration. She has illustrated bestselling Noisy Noisy series for Ladybird Books and, with author Giles Andreae, won a Booktrust Early Years Award in 2010 for I Love My Mummy.
Emma Dodd
