Cushie Butterfield: (She’s a Little Cow)

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Date Published : 2004-10-01T00:00:01Z

Authors: McNaughton, Colin

Edition:

Language : en_US

Dimensions: Height: 10 Inches, Length: 9 Inches, Weight: 0.3086471668 Pounds, Width: 0.1 Inches

ISBN :9780007154661

Publisher : HarperCollins UK

cushie Butterfield Is Feeling Too Sick To Go To School. Her Friends And Family Can All See How Unwell She Is–her Face Is Covered With Red Spots, Green And Yellow Checks, And Blue Triangles! Whatever Could The Matter Be? Could It Have Anything To Do With The Box Of Face Paints Under Her Bed?

from The Hugely Successful Creator Of Preston Pig–star Of The Smarties Prize-winning oops!–comes The Clever And Inquisitive Little Cow, Cushie Butterfield. Author-illustrator Colin Mcnaughton, One Of Britain’s Most Highly Acclaimed Picture-book Talents, Is The Winner Of Many Prestigious Awards, Including The Kurt Maschler Award And The Smarties Book Prize. Among His Many Books For Children Are suddenly!: A Preston Pig Story, Oomph!: A Preston Pig Story, And captain Abdul’s Pirate School.

kirkus Reviews

mcnaughton Borrows A Name From An Old Comic Ballad (a Reference Likely To Escape Most Readers On This Side Of The Pond, Though Sting Has Recorded It For A Children’s Album) For A Tricky Calf Who Schemes To Stay Home From School For A Week And A Day. Each Day, Cushie’s Smiling Face Displays A Colorful Pattern Of Stars, Stripes, Lines Or Dots, Prompting Her Mother, Father And Others In Succession To Declare Her, Sick! Oddly, She’s Fine On Weekends. The Subterfuge Finally Collapses When Her Mother Cleans Beneath Her Bed, And Unearths A Facepainting Kit. Off Goes Cushie, Plainly Unrepentant, To School. Played Out By A Bovine Cast Dressed In Human Clothing And Placed Against Garish Color Fields, The Episode Has A Broad, Slapstick Visual Tone Unsupported By An Awkward Text That Wanders In And Out Of Rhythm. Minor Mcnaughton, As Is Its Companion, What Now, Cushie Butterfield?