Mrs. O'Leary's Cow

By Mary Ann Hoberman and Jenny Hoberman, Mary Ann;Mattheson

Book Overview

Mary Ann Hoberman has adapted the well-known song based on the true story of the Great Chicago Fire, into a funny and compelling story about a barnyard fire. When Mrs O'Leary leaves her lantern in the barn, the cow kicks it over and starts a fire. But the blaze is put out in the end by ten heroic firefighters.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316148407
• ISBN13: 9780316148405
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 0.5" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 1 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1

Customer Reviews

This is not typical of Mary Ann Hoberman. The art work, the language and the movement are not engagi

This book is an attempt to tell O'Leary's cow who started a major fire in Chicago in late 1800s.