Dooby Dooby Moo

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Dooby Dooby Moo
Doobydoobymoo.jpg
Author Doreen Cronin
Cover artist Betsy Lewin
LanguageEnglish
SeriesClick, Clack, Moo
Genre picture book, children's literature
Publisher Atheneum Books
Publication date
2006
Publication placeUnited States
Pages40
ISBN 978-0-689-84507-9
OCLC 61694633
[E] 22
LC Class PZ7.C88135 Doo 2006
Preceded by Duck for President  
Followed byN/A 

Dooby Dooby Moo is a children's book written by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Betsy Lewin. Released in 2006 by Atheneum Books, it continues the story of Farmer Brown's animals from Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type , who enter a talent show in an attempt to win a trampoline. The book has been adapted to a play [1] and a 2007 13-minute animated short film narrated by Randy Travis and produced by Weston Woods Studio.

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Reception

Kirkus Reviews described the book as "great fun". [2] humanities360.com said there's a "wild unpredictability [in the] drawings". [3] lookingglassreview.com said the book is "sure to become a firm favorite". [4]

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References

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