La vaca Gloria / The Cow Gloria

by Paul Maar, Tina Schulte

Gloria knows in her heart that she is a very special cow. More than anything, she wants to be a performer, a star, a DIVA! Unfortunately, Gloria has a voice that sounds like a chain saw cutting through metal and walks about as gracefully as a camel. Will she ever find an audience that will appreciate her talents?

26 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Paul Maar is one of the most important modern German writers for children and young people. He is a novelist, playwright, translator and illustrator.

He was born on 13 December 1937 in Schweinfurt. After the early death of his mother he lived with his grandfather in the rural area of Theres in northern Bavaria. He went to school at the Gymnasium in Schweinfurt, and later studied at the State Academy of Arts in Stuttgart. He then worked as a stage designer and stage photographer for the Franconian castle theatre Massbach. After that he spent ten years as an art teacher. Since 1976 he has worked as a freelance writer. He lives in Bamberg with his wife and three children.

Reviews

[miloena]

Ersatzbewertung für schwein gehabt pepe

[Krupal Morjaria]

Gloria the Cow is about a Cow who wants to be a singer, however due to her "chainsaw" voice, she hasn't found anyone who appreciates her for who she is. Gloria was willing to do whatever it took to stand out from the rest of her Cow friends. The story illustrates that when you follow your dreams and you don't change who you are then you'll find a group of people who will love you for who you are. Although we are all different and we sometimes struggle with finding our true selfs, there are people out there who will appreciate who we are. This is a really good book for children, because sometimes they feel like they're not good enough, but this book teaches you to always be yourself no matter what color you are or what you like to do.

[Sourimak]

Gloria ne veut pas être vache laitière comme on l'attend d'elle mais rêve d'être artiste: chanteuse, danseuse. Malheureusement ses "talents" ne sont pas du goût de ses congénères...
Une histoire qui parle de rêve, de persévérance et de point de vue... car ce qui plaît aux uns peut déplaire aux autres.