Dooby Dooby Moo by Betsy Lewin and Doreen Cronin
Bibliography
Cronin, D., & Lewin, B. (2008). Dooby Dooby Moo. Spotlight. ISBN 978-1-599-61-423-6
Plot Summary
The animals on Farmer Brown's farm decide they want to enter in the county fair talent show. Under Duck’s supervision, they rehearse to compete with their own interpretations of famous songs. Farmer Brown isn’t able to figure out what they are up to, even as he hears them practicing day and night. When they finally compete, the judges are impressed with their musical performances but are blown away by Duck’s song. The animals win the competition, with Farmer Brown being none the wiser, that is until he hears them bouncing away on their first place prize trampoline.
Critical Analysis
Betsy Lewin and Doreen Cronin are the author and illustrator of the Click Clack Moo series. Dooby Dooby Moo and the other books in the series follow the barnyard animals on Farmer Brown’s farm. The main characters of this book (and most of the other ones in the series) are Farmer Brown and Duck. Duck is a funny and interesting main character. He always takes charge of the animals in his schemes. Duck always has grand ideas to the frustration of Farmer Brown. Farmer Brown always seems to be one step behind Duck’s plans. Farmer Brown is always in the dark as to what the animals are doing but we the readers get to follow along on the happenings. The author keeps the final step of Duck’s master plan until the very end of the story to keep the reader guessing along with Farmer Brown about what is going to happen next.
The style of these books are water color type illustrations. They are colorful and pleasing to the eye. The backgrounds on many pages are left intentionally white to keep the focus on the characters and the text. The backgrounds are used to set the scene for each part of the story and then are gone. The story uses repetitive language to help children have predictable patterns to listen to when reading. They also use lots of animal sounds but with a twist. This is another great way to keep children engaged in the story.
Review Excerpts
School Library Journal- “this story makes a great read-aloud, and fans of the series will be ecstatic to see another episode of mischief in the barnyard”
Booklist- The clever, deadpan story is fun, but the droll illustrations, strong strokes of black lines washed with watercolors, ratchet the comedy up a notch or two. This amusing picture book makes a terrific read-aloud choice. Parents and teachers will find it well suited to sing-along storytimes.
Connections
Students could think of their own ideas for a talent show or write about what they would want to do in a talent show.
Students could vote for which performance they liked best. They could also score the performances and give their reasonings why
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