I Knew Two Who Said Moo: A Counting and Rhyming Book

by Judi Barrett, Daniel Moretón (Illustrator)

HERE IS ONE
BIG BOOK OF FUN.
BEFORE YOU'RE DONE
YOU'LL LAUGH A TON!

Award-winning author Judi Barrett and illustrator Daniel Moreton invite young readers to think of numbers, counting, and rhyming in a whole new way.
A Few Words From the
I've always wanted to create a different kind of counting book. I love playing with words, rhyming them, making jokes with them, and playing with their sounds. I had such a good time writing I Knew Two Who Said Moo. I started with the sound of each number, and then thought of other words with similar sounds that I could use to create these nonsense rhymes that do make sense -- in a silly way!
Writing this book made me laugh. I hope it makes you laugh too!
Your friend,
JUDI BARRETT

Genres: Picture Books, Counting, Animals, Mathematics, Childrens, Juvenile

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Judi Barrett is the author of many well-loved books for children, including Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Pickles to Pittsburgh, Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing, and Things That Are Most in the World. She teaches art to kindergarten students at a school in her Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood. And she usually doesn't mind going to the dentist!

Reviews

[Katy Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

While this book is for counting and rhyming, I noticed the rhyming much more. The book has a different rhyme on each page and does a great job showing that the words do not have to end in the same letters to rhyme just the same sound. The pictures in the book also do a great job pulling in students attention. I would use this book in my classroom are a rhyming lesson. while reading I would pause and have students point out the rhyming sound being repeated each time.

[Kimberly · Rating 2 out of 5]

It certainly is silly and rhyme-y but it also kind of made my head hurt.

[Rada · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love rhyming books. Rachel liked it too.

[Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

The illustrations are fun. The counting is fun. It's a great book.

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was fine. There are better counting and rhyming books out there.

[Hana Sm. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a counting & rhyming book (20 pages) but I put it in the "nonsense" category because many of the rhyming words aren't words that kids will normally encounter everyday & the author makes the sentences sound ridiculous. All of the words rhyme with these words: one two three...and so on, up to the word ten.

For instance on page 1, the page says, "I found ONE (an elephant)
weighing a TON
who had just BEGUN
lying in the SUN
on a toasted BUN
having lots of FUN
Playing the ACCORDION
& Thinking he should RUN
Before he's too well-DONE.

On page 14 it talks about 7 mice. The page says,
I counted just SEVEN not ELEVEN
all jumping up toward HEAVEN
one's name is EVAN
3 are named KEVIN
and 3 are named DEVON
"Eighteen," shouted EVAN
"is eleven plus SEVEN!"

I can use this book to teach literacy by putting 20 or so sight words in a Kleenex box & having students pick out 1 word randomly. Then I would ask them to think of a word that rhymes with the word that they picked. If they stumble, I can call on a volunteer from the class. I would specifically use words that we were studying for that week, focusing on the words that had no more than 2 syllables.

[Bethany Ayers · Rating 5 out of 5]

I Knew Two Who Said Moo is a counting and rhyming book.
Each page focuses on one number and several rhyming words. The illustrations are colorful, creative, and fun.
This book is for Pre-k or Kindergartners learning about counting, numbers, and rhymes. Before reading the book aloud, ask the children if they can come up with a word that rhymes with the One, Two, Three...etc. During the book, see if those words they came up with show up in the story.
Make signs with the numbers 1-10 on them, hand them out to the class, tell the children that when they hear the number they have during the story, they need to hold up the sign. If not all students had a turn with a sign, read the book again.

[Kristen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This gets 3 stars because of the pictures. The text was odd and confusing. Kids may like it more because it's a bit of nonsense in order to have every line rhyme. My daughter is too young to understand the words to know if she thought it was funny. But we did enjoy the pictures. The scenes were pretty funny and the pictures were vibrant with lots of colors. The counting part was fun too - but the rhyming was just bad. I think the author wanted to keep simple words in the rhyming. But I've read other books (Reindeer Christmas) that has rhyming but isn't forced or juvenile either. So I find that I judge books with rhymes more harshly than I used to after reading Reindeer Christmas.

[Heidi-Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I real fun book--and I managed all the rhymes with a decent flow, too. It's fun getting the kids to count. They were calling out and showing the numbers before I could finish showing the previous pages. The illustrations in this are really fun to look at, and a lap-read would inspire even more counting.

4/25/12 Went well. Wasn't the most fabulous that I've done with this group, but a good filler. I had them telling me what creatures were being spoken about. And they counted with me.

[Edna · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a bit over-the-top with its busy but comical illustrations and (in some cases) absurd rhyming and counting text that seem to go on forever - depending on the audience, it could either be extremely entertaining or cause a loss of interest half way through (which it did with me!).

[Khadija Bensaadoun · Rating 4 out of 5]

An entertaining rhyming book that goes through each number from one to ten. It even highlights the words that rhyme. It’s a fun book that in cooperates math in language arts. Activity: for upper grades the students can write their own rhyming words using numbers.

[Zachary Alcorn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a cool book to teach kids how to count and rhyme. I never the the subtitle under the title so i didnt know that this book did that. it was a fun read and i really liked it. The pictures in this were goofy and i liked that about this book.

[Amber Cappitte · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got this book at the Youngstown public library. I enjoyed this book because it teaches the students about counting and rhyming at the same time. I feel like it will keep the attention of the students , and get them to learn how to count and remember it better.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very cute book with lots of counting and rhyming. Large print words - more Pre-K level. There are many outside resources to help teach with this book including DVDs and games on the internet.

[Donna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Silly, non-sensical counting/rhyming books. Kids will have fun finding all of the rhyming details in the illustrations.

[Tasia Thompson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Cute idea. Horrible execution. Cute illustrations, long forced rhymes.

[Gricel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Counting and rhyming book 1-10. Great illustrations. 3 and up years old

[Megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The illustrations are what make this book (the rhyming feels kind of forced).