Synopses & Reviews
On Halloween night, best friends Minnie and Moo take a wild ride into town on a runaway bed. They find the streets filled with trick-or-treaters dragging bags of candy. Leading a ragtag troupe of their farm buddies, Minnie and Moo join the festivities, performing hilarious tricks to earn their treats.
One of the scariest nights of the year turns into one of the funniest in the latest beginning reader by Denys Cazet!
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“Brief chapters and exhuberant pencil-and-watercolor artwork make these books udderly likable.” Publishers Weekly
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“Clever and hilarious.” Kirkus Reviews
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“This hilarious, crazy story is bound to keep kids in stitches. Get ready for a wild ride.” Dallas Morning News
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“This latest adventure of Minnie and Moo is pure delight.” Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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“Cazet has struck a vein of precious ore in his ‘Minnie and Moo series for beginning readers.” Kirkus Reviews
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“The two funniest, most winsome cows on the early-reading circuit have to be Minnie and Moo.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review of MINNIE AND MOO MEET FRANKENSWINE)
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“Humorous color illustrations help make this holiday book a delight to read any day of the year.” School Library Journal
Synopsis
After racing into town on a runaway bed, Minnie and Moo and their fellow farm buddies decide to join the Halloween festivities--performing hilarious tricks to earn their treats
The funniest and sweetest buddies since Frog and Toad, Minnie and Moo will earn giggles from young readers. The Minnie and Moo stories are fun independent reads and also perfect for reading aloud, as they're filled with funny dialogue from these goofy and adorable cows.
Denys Cazet was an elementary school teacher for 25 years, and has also been a school librarian and elementary school media specialist. He was inspired to tell stories about the silly cow best friends when he passed a herd of cows in which all but two were facing the same way. Those two nonconformist cows became Minnie and Moo.
Minnie and Moo: The Night of the Living Bed is a Level Three I Can Read book. Level 3 includes many fun subjects kids love to read about on their own. Themes include friendship, adventure, historical fiction, and science. Level 3 books are written for early independent readers. They include some challenging words and more complex themes and stories.
About the Author
Denys Cazet is the author and illustrator of more than 25 picture books for children, including
Never Spit On Your Shoes, winner of the California Young Readers Medal.
The books about Minnie and Moo are his first for beginning readers. He was inspired to tell stories about the silly cow best-friends when he passed a herd of cows in which all but two were facing the same way. The other two stood next to each other, facing in the opposite direction from the rest of the cows. He immediately dubbed the two nonconformists Minnie and Moo and imagined the adventures two cows who were loyal friends rather than followers of the herd. Mr. Cazet is currently writing I Can Read Books featuring Elvis the Rooster from the farm on which Minnie and Moo live.
Mr. Cazet was an elementary school teacher for 25 years, and has also been a school librarian and elementary school media specialist. He remains active in his local elementary school parent and advisory committees. A California native, Mr. Cazet lives with his family in the foothills of the Napa Valley.
Denys Cazet is the author and illustrator of more than 25 picture books for children, including Never Spit On Your Shoes, winner of the California Young Readers Medal.
The books about Minnie and Moo are his first for beginning readers. He was inspired to tell stories about the silly cow best-friends when he passed a herd of cows in which all but two were facing the same way. The other two stood next to each other, facing in the opposite direction from the rest of the cows. He immediately dubbed the two nonconformists Minnie and Moo and imagined the adventures two cows who were loyal friends rather than followers of the herd. Mr. Cazet is currently writing I Can Read Books featuring Elvis the Rooster from the farm on which Minnie and Moo live.
Mr. Cazet was an elementary school teacher for 25 years, and has also been a school librarian and elementary school media specialist. He remains active in his local elementary school parent and advisory committees. A California native, Mr. Cazet lives with his family in the foothills of the Napa Valley.