Interrupting Cow and the Horse of a Different Color: Ready-to-Read Level 2

Interrupting Cow

by Jane Yolen, Joëlle Dreidemy (Illustrator)

From acclaimed and prolific author Jane Yolen comes the fourth hilarious Level 2 Ready-to-Read in the Interrupting Cow series about a very unusual horse.

There’s a new horse at the farm and he’s unlike any horse that Interrupting Cow has ever met. It turns out he’s a zebra! Zebra knows a lot of jokes—and all about the big bright world beyond the farm. Could this new friendship be the start of Interrupting Cow’s next big adventure?

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

32 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 13, 2022

About the author

Jane Yolen is a novelist, poet, fantasist, journalist, songwriter, storyteller, folklorist, and children’s book author who has written more than three hundred books. Her accolades include the Caldecott Medal, two Nebula Awards, the World Fantasy Award, three Mythopoeic Awards, the Kerlan Award, two Christopher Awards, and six honorary doctorate degrees from colleges and universities in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Born and raised in New York City, the mother of three and the grandmother of six, Yolen lives in Massachusetts and St. Andrews, Scotland.

Reviews

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Best line in the book - "A joke that has to be explained is a bad joke." So true!

[Cheryl · Rating 2 out of 5]

Um, would it have made more sense if I'd read the earlier books first? And why does a leveled reader have such difficult words as Hilarious and Hoarse and Neighing?* And why were the horses screaming in the beginning? And why does the cow have no udder? Very weird story. If it wasn't by Yolen, would it have been published?

*Don't get me wrong; I love vocabulary, always have, but in a leveled reader?

[Becky B · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interrupting Cow meets a horse with some weird patterns going on. Cow discovers the odd looking horse is a Zebra, and the two quickly bond over their fondness for jokes.

It is nice for Interrupting Cow to find kindred spirits, and Zebra is definitely one. The puns in this book are abundant. It would be a good pick to introduce kids to homophones.

[Wendopolis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Way too long

[Awjtf · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute book!

[Lynn Davidson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interrupting Cow was wakened one morning by the noise of the other animals running and screaming. When she went to investigate, she discovered a strange looking horse - which turned out to be a zebra. Interrupting Cow started telling her jokes and the zebra asked her to be his friend.
This is a Level Two Ready-To-Read book with fun illustrations.