Kiss the Cow!

Product Description
Mama May lives where the earth meets the sky, and has so many children she can’t count them all. But her most curious and stubborn child is Annalisa. One day Annalisa milks Mama May’s magic cow, whose milk feeds the whole family. But Annalisa refuses to give her a kiss. ‘Me? Kiss a slobbery bristly cow?’ she says. But without a kiss Luella won’t provide any more milk, and the children go hungry. Will Annalisa ever make amends and kiss the cow?

About the Author
Phyllis Root is the author of the picture books Sam Who Was Swallowed by a Shark; The Hungry Monster; Mrs Potter’s Pig; Aunt Nancy and Old Man Trouble; Aunt Nancy and Cousin Lazybones; What Baby Wants; One Duck Stuck; All for the Newborn Baby and Rattletrap Car, as well as the Bonnie Bumble stories, Turnover Tuesday, One Windy Wednesday, Foggy Friday and Meow Monday. She lives in Minnesota, USA. Will Hillenbrand is an acclaimed illustrator of several books for children, including Country Crocodiles by Judy Sierra, and the author and illustrator of Down by the Station. While working on this book, he thought he should try kissing a cow. ‘I was willing,’ he recalls, ‘but the cow wasn’t.’ Will lives in Ohio with his wife and young son.