Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin

Author: Doreen Cronin

Publisher: Little Simon

Publish Date: September 17, 2007

Summary: Farmer Brown's cows have found a typewriter! And they know how to use it! They start leaving him notes in hopes of having a better living situation but Farmer Brown ignores them at first, until the cows refuse to produce any milk.  How does Farmer Brown and the cows reach an agreement? You'll just have to read it to find out!  

AR Book Points: .05

Awards: ALA Notable/Best Books, Book Sense Book of the Year, Publishers Weekly Best Book

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Age Range: K-2

Life Connections

• Life is not easy
• Sometimes you have to compromise 
• Barnyard Animals

Aani and the Tree Huggers by Jeannine Atkins

Author: Jeannine Atkins

Illustrator: Venantius J. Pinto

Publisher: Lee & Low Books

Publish Date: April 1, 2000

Summary: Aani bravely participates in the Chipko Andolan, or "Hug the Tree Movement" in her home town in India.  She and the other women in town wrap their arms around the trees in order to keep developers from cutting them down.  This is based on a true story from the 1970s in India.

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AR Reading points: .05

Grade Level: K-3

Awards: Children's Book Award, Smithsonian's Notable Book

Life Connections:

• Standing up for something without a voice
• The importance in nature
• History