Ruby Moo's Deep-Sea Adventure!

by Isabel Atherton, Bethany Straker (Illustrator)

Ruby Moo has always been different from the other cows. She isn’t content making yogurt, milk, and cheese on the dairy farm. Ruby wants to be an astronaut, an explorer, and, more than anything, she wants to be the first cow deep-sea diver. So one day, brave Ruby Moo stows away on a van and rides it all the way to the ocean. Borrowing a helmet, she dives right into the water and discovers an exciting shipwreck along with a scary, giant squid! Thankfully, the squid is only looking for a chess partner—and maybe someone to play with on his trampoline. Phew!

Author Isabel Atherton concocts a quirky story of a courageous cow who dares to dream big. Bethany Straker’s zany illustrations bring the story to life with vibrant colors that are sure to spark the imaginations of little readers everywhere and make them say, “If Ruby Moo can, I can, too!”

Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers—picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published August 19, 2014

About the author

Isabel Atherton is an author, a literary agent, and director of Creative Authors Ltd. 'Zombie Cat: The Tale of a Decomposing Kitty' (with illustrator Bethany Straker) is a dark and humorous adult picture book. It is published October 2012 by Skyhorse Publishing. You can see more about the book here: http://www.zombiecat2012.co.uk.

Isabel also writes children's picture books and these include: 'The Bad Easter Bunny' with illustrator Stephanie Rohr (pub. Feb 2013) and 'Smelly Ghost' with illustrator Bethany Straker (pub. Fall 2013). These are both published by Sky Pony.

Isabel splits her time between London and Whitstable - a seaside town in Kent, UK.

This biography was provided by the author or their representative.

Reviews

[Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute, but too long for story time.

[Edward Sojuwa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ruby Moo is a heifer ahead of her time! She yearns to break free from her dreary farm existence, where other cows play cards and listen to the jukebox. (I'm not making this up, this kid's book is that hardcore funny!) She decides to try her hand (hoof, actually) at deep sea diving, becoming the world's first scuba cow! (Which makes her a Jacques COW-steau, ha ha!) All that time in the ocean is making the water frothy with vitamin D milk, as Ruby Moo explores sunken ships and plays chess with a squid. How cool is that! Knight takes PRAWN! LOL! An extremely odd book, which should encourage kids even more to read and enjoy the total nonsense of it all. Don't have a COW.... LOVE THE COW!!!
Four stars!
It's RUBY MOO'S DAY!!!!

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ruby Moo is determined to get out of the herd and have an adventure. She sneaks away one day to do some deep sea exploring!

Good for preschool storytimes.