No Moon, No Milk! By Chris Babcock 🟌🟌🟌🟌

Goals are a great thing to have, and Martha the cow really has a big one. She wants more out of life then just eating grass, she wants to go the moon! So, she refuses to give any milk until Rob the farmer takes her there. Rob really needs Martha’s milk. So, he comes up with all kinds of adventures to satisfy Martha’s desire to walk on moon. According to the book the only cow to even get close to the moon was Martha’s Great-Great Grandmother and she jumped over it.

The adventures that Martha and Rob take are fun and do allow lots of discussions about different places in the U.S. When Martha and Rob end up at a museum with a Lunar Surface exhibit, Martha pushes her way on to the exhibit. This gives the cow the experience of being on the moon. Martha is satisfied with the adventure and is ready to return home especially with the museum guards chasing them.

My granddaughter age 5 and her brother age 9 both enjoyed the story. The 5-year-old tried to dance like a Rockette and had fun saying the exaggerated “mooooon”. The 9-year-old wanted to know more about the American Museum of Natural History.

Overall, I liked the book. There is some adult humor that kept me engaged. If I have one complaint it is that I wish Martha would have shown some gratitude to farmer Rob. A simple thank you goes a long way.

Fun Activity: Watch a video of the Rockettes preform or recite the nursery rhyme the “Cow Jumped Over the Moon”.

Published In: 1995
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
Age Level: 5-6 years
AR Level: 3.2
Pages: 3
Stars: 4