Monday, February 22, 2010

Clarabelle: Making Milk and So Much More

Clarabelle: Making Milk and So Much More
by Cris Peterson
photographs by David R. Lundquist


Clarabelle: Making Milk and So Much More, is a new nonfiction picture book about a Holstein named Clarabelle who lives on a farm as she has her own baby calf. Children will be excited to find out that this informative book explains how cows like Clarabelle help produce not only dairy products, but also electricity, fertilizer, and bedding. The pages are illustrated with bright full-color photographs with large print text for reader of different ages to see and read. Many of children's picture books do not include actual photographs, so this is a unique and realistic look into a particular topic. This information book even includes a glossary is at the end to define some of the specific words in the text that may be new for many readers. Children from all around the world will be fascinated with reading about this seemingly ordinary animal and its very unique and surprising by-products.

Intended Age 5-8

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