Review by Booklist Review
It's time to leave for the county fair, but Farmer Greenstalk's car won't start. Soon, it's Cows to the rescue! The energetic herd gallops down the road, carrying the family as well as their pigs and their duck. Later, the helpful cows pose for funny pictures, accompany Emily on the Ferris wheel, and tutor the pigs before the smartest pig contest. While the deadpan text is simple and straightforward, the pencil-and-watercolor art make the most of every comic possibility. This amusing picture book is a worthy successor to Chickens to the Rescue (2006) and Pigs to the Rescue (2010).--Phelan, Carolyn Copyright 2010 Booklist
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
First chickens, then pigs-now the Greenstalk family's cows are lending a hoof, just in time for the county fair. Himmelman's white and ginger-colored bovines carry the family to the fair when the car won't start; bathe a muddy Ernie the duck (insuring that he wins the Handsomest Duck Contest); accompany fearful Emily on the Ferris wheel; and offer an impromptu lesson to unstudied pigs ahead of the Smartest Pig Competition. Himmelman relies on the formula he introduced in the first two books, but this expressive and determined herd of cows should have readers laughing until the you-know-whats come home. Ages 4-8. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-If it's not chickens and pigs, then it's cows to the rescue. In this third farmyard outing, Farmer Greenstalk and his family are "saved" by their wildly rampaging dairy cows as they make their way to the county fair. From the three-legged race to riding the Ferris wheel and prepping for the Smartest Pig Contest, the divine bovines keep disaster at bay. The events happen in two-hour increments beginning at 7:00 a. m. with a wild ride to the fair and ending 12 hours later with Greenstalks, cows, pigs, and chicken asleep in a heap. The pencil and watercolor illustrations are packed with plenty of personality and have enough detail to keep kids turning the pages to learn the outcome. Children will, of course, pipe up with the refrain "Cows to the Rescue!" in group readings and during lapsits, and the mad antics of these friendly and very game rescuers will delight them.-Marge Loch-Wouters, La Crosse Public Library, WI (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
This third book featuring Farmer Greenstalk and his family naturally begins with trouble: the car won't start. Not to worry; six exuberant cows helpfully "rescue" the family, ensuring everyone has fun at the county fair. Watercolor and pencil illustrations provide the story's forward thrust (the cows virtually run right off the pages) and keep lively pace with the humorous text. (c) Copyright 2012. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
A herd of cows repeatedly comes to the rescue of a hapless family on fair day.Himmelman's illustrations are such an artful eyefulsnappily colored and gloriously comicthat it is easy to overlook the pleasure of the simple text, a little motor that in many ways drives the whole production forward. The Greenstalk family is headed to the county fair. Throughout the day, they encounter problems: The car won't start, there aren't enough contestants for the three-legged race, the Ferris wheel gives one of the children a case of the jitters. Fear not: Cows to the rescue! (Himmelman has also written books featuring rescues by chickens and pigs.) The cows are visually endearing in the extreme, great galumphing beasts with can-do good cheer. For each and every difficulty, there is a successful conclusion: "That wasn't scary at all," claims the Ferris wheel fraidy cat; "Thanks for the lift," says Farmer Greenstalk when the cows ferry the family to the fair. The timing of the "Cows to the rescue!" is such that even the very young will know just when to come yodeling into a read-aloud, which gives the book a fine, uproarious feel and an excellent measure of involvement.In the end, the cows get burnt out, and who can blame them? Then it's time for the duck to show his stuffis more hilarity in the works? (Picture book. 3-6)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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