Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin takes about 3.5 minutes to read aloud (403 words, about 1 sentence a page), and it lands best with children aged 3-6.
Measured read-aloud timeabout 3.5 minutes
- Words
- 403
- Sentences a page
- 1
- Re-read tolerance
- 5/5still fine on the fortieth reading
- Vocabulary
- 2/5everyday words
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The useful verdict
Why Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type works
The cows find a typewriter and go on strike for electric blankets, and every round of negotiation arrives as a typed note - "Click, clack, moo. Click, clack, moo. Clickety, clack, moo" is the refrain children take over entirely. Farmer Brown loses, which is the correct ending.
Themes: farms, cows, negotiation, letters, humour.
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Questions parents ask about Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
- How long does it take to read Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type aloud?
- About 3.5 minutes at an unhurried pace, from a word count of 403. Reading it fast shaves perhaps a third off; stopping for questions on every page can double it.
- What age is Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type actually for?
- Ages 3-6 in our testing, which is narrower than the publisher's range. With 1 sentence a page and vocabulary at 2 out of 5, it asks for that much attention span and no more.
- Does Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type survive being read on repeat?
- Yes - this is one of the few that is still fine on the fortieth reading, which is why it scores 5 out of 5 with us.
- Is Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type a good book for a child who will not sit still?
- It helps that it has a refrain a child can join in with, and it asks the child questions to answer out loud. Those three features are what keep a wriggling toddler listening, far more than the subject matter does.