{"id":41693,"date":"2017-01-04T11:11:34","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T16:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=41693"},"modified":"2017-03-06T13:28:59","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T18:28:59","slug":"moo-sharon-creech-school-library-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/moo-sharon-creech-school-library-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Moo by Sharon Creech [in School Library Journal]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-41611\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/11\/Moo-by-Sharon-Creech-on-BookDragon-via-SLJ-553x800.jpg\" alt=\"moo-by-sharon-creech-on-bookdragon-via-slj\" width=\"553\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/11\/Moo-by-Sharon-Creech-on-BookDragon-via-SLJ-553x800.jpg 553w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/11\/Moo-by-Sharon-Creech-on-BookDragon-via-SLJ-768x1111.jpg 768w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/11\/Moo-by-Sharon-Creech-on-BookDragon-via-SLJ-800x1157.jpg 800w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/11\/Moo-by-Sharon-Creech-on-BookDragon-via-SLJ.jpg 1106w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/>Twelve-year-old Reena&#8217;s outburst during a family conversation about parental careers, geography, and the future &#8220;ten years from now&#8221; catapults the family from a city of monuments, subways, and museums and lands them in rural Maine. Her expectations of her new home include lobsters, blueberries, beaches, and mountains, but what she and her 7-year-old brother Luke get most familiar with is Zora, an ornery cow. Thanks to their parents, who have volunteered the kids&#8217; manual labor to their new neighbor Mrs. Falala (who just might be as cantankerous as her bovine resident), Reena and Luke have quite the &#8220;moo-ving&#8221; experience.<\/p>\n<p>With appealing, youthful charm, Brittany Pressley voices <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sharoncreech.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sharon Creech<\/a>\u2019s latest, finding a gentle, welcoming rhythm between the prose and verse of this hybrid text.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict<\/strong>: Who doesn&#8217;t love a happy-ever-after story starring kids and unpredictable animals? Creech fans and newbies alike will eagerly embrace this irresistible read.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slj.com\/2017\/01\/reviews\/moo-by-sharon-creech-slj-audio-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;DVDs and Audio,&#8221; <em>School Library Journal<\/em>, January 1, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Middle Grade<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twelve-year-old Reena&#8217;s outburst during a family conversation about parental careers, geography, and the future &#8220;ten years from now&#8221; catapults the family from a city of monuments, subways, and museums and lands them in rural Maine. 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