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Summary
. . . She comes in the middle of the night, when everyone is sleeping. When she sees a smooth little head on a pillow, she can't resist giving it a cow kiss-- sluuurrrp! Cowlick! gives young readers an imaginative and playful explanation for the "bedhead" that afflicts us all!
Author Notes
Christin Ditchfield is an author, speaker, and Bible teacher. A professional freelance writer, she has published more than 80 books on a wide variety of subjects and for a wide variety of readers - including devotional and inspirational books for women, books on C.S. Lewis, books and Bible studies on spiritual formation, and many books for children and their families.
Reviews (5)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-An attention-grabbing, shiny, wet-looking streak splashes across the cover like a big slurp while a cow-shaped shadow skulks across the endpapers. Within this clever package, simple rhymes on bold spreads tell the story of a mysterious cowlick. Finally, there is a reasonable explanation for all of the hair that goes astray in the night: when kids are sleeping, the cowlick cow comes along and plants a big sloppy kiss on their heads. "To the bedside she comes sneaking/Lifting covers, gently peeking/Sees a face so soft and sweet/Framed with hair so smooth and neat-." Appealingly rich and textured paintings on full spreads depict the course of the cowlick night and the morning after, lending the text a perfect fuzzy nighttime quality. The short, lively text makes this fun for sharing aloud with large groups of young children, especially those with heads marked by the cow's kisses.-Julie Roach, Cambridge Public Library, MA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Young bedhead sufferers, take heart! Ditchfield's picture-book debut imagines a playful explanation as to how children who go to bed with neat hair wake up with some wild 'dos in the morning. It's all because of a mysterious but kindly bovine nighttime visitor. Some readers may feel uneasy believing that they could be slurped by a cow while they sleep. But many adults-and kids-who've tried to tame the tufts of wild hair known by the titular term will likely find much to chuckle about here. Brief rhyming couplets set the scene as Beardshaw's (Grandma's Surprise) cheery, close-perspective acrylic paintings depict the action. She seems to take particular glee in fashioning the sturdily wavy "once-flat hair now standing tall" on three brothers' heads. The cowlick on an additional (furry) member of the family-shown on the final spread-is not to be missed. Ages 2-5. (Jan.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
When night falls, a cow cannot resist the urge to give long slurpy kisses across the foreheads of little ones fast asleep. The result: untameably wacky morning bedhead. A short but lively rhyming text and cozy, muted acrylics make a good read-aloud that offers an entertaining explanation for the spiky cowlick. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
Silly business ensues when the moon rises over a rural home, and two young brothers fall asleep. Listen for a "Clip-clop, clip-clop" of approaching hooves. Into the bedroom a rotund and jolly Holstein is sneaking, clearly relishing her job. As the household doggy looks on, the jolly cow lifts the covers and wetly bestows a loving, big, pink-tongued, "Sluuurrpp!," thereby glossing and molding the hair of the slumbering little ones. Now the mystery of those stand-up bed-head hairdos is forever solved! The twinkle-eyed cow moves on as the morning sun rises above her. The robustly colorful paintings, which favor orange and cobalt blue, conjure tender and humorous scenes of snuggly children and the bovine nighttime prankster. Brevity and true whimsy imbue this breezy bedtime rhyme. This is sure to be a sweet beginning to a restful night and will be giggled over and gobbled up; lickety-split--a laptime favorite! (Picture book. 2-5) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Cows are funny. At least lots of children must think so given the numerous picture books in which they appear. Ditchfield puts them at the heart of things once again in this charming bovine comedy that takes the goofy title word, gives it context, and plays it for all the laughs it deserves. Beardshaw's thickly brushed oil paintings lead the way into a quiet house where two children are sleeping Then a roly-poly cow tiptoes down the hall, inviting readers into the adventure by looking them right in the eye. Slowly, quietly, the cow enters the children's room; gives them slurpy kisses with her large, pink tongue; and vanishes into the night. The next day, the bathroom mirror shows it all / Once-flat hair now standing tall. Color saturated and unbordered, the double-page spreads include many close-ups that make the book ideal for group sharing, and the simple rhyme is just the right length and tempo for reading aloud. Even very young children will get the joke. --Stephanie Zvirin Copyright 2007 Booklist