Steer wars

by Mike Thaler

98 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Mike Thaler, born in Los Angeles, started his professional career drawing cartoons for adults. A children's book editor saw one of his cartoon stories in a national magazine and encouraged Mike to try writing for children. His first attempt met with success, and "The Magic Boy" was published in 1961.

Mike has produced over 220 published books and is known as “America’s Riddle King.” He has also been called “The Court Jester of Children’s Literature.”

Mike Thaler lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Patty. He gladly welcomes all invitations to do church and school programs, and other book events.

Mike travels each year throughout the world helping children and teachers create their own stories, riddles, and books. He writes and teaches with creativity, inspiring his audiences with a love of language.

--from the author's website

Reviews

[JSK · Rating 1 out of 5]

I remember buying this book in my youth because I was obsessed with all things Star Wars, and well, the title and cover of the book were a clear reference to that franchise. As it turned out, though, only the first joke was related to SW; the other 95 pages are just jokes involving cows. And by that I mean, the pun/answer for every joke will include cow, steer, ox, moo, calf, heifer or bovine. Every. Single. Answer. Unfortunately I did not find them very funny, then or now. It gets old pretty fast. Here are some examples: 'What is a cow's favorite drink? Answer: Cowfee.' 'What cow was a great composer? Answer: Moozart.' Yeah. 96 pages of that. (BTW, 96 pages is the length of the book. It's showing here as '1 page' and that's not correct but I don't have the access to edit it.)