Minnie and Moo Meet Frankenswine (Minnie and Moo)

Version: Unabridged
Author: Denys Cazet
Narrator: Barbara Caruso
Genres: Juvenile & Children's, Fiction, New Readers, Comedy
Publisher: Live Oak Media
Published In: February 2004
Length: 36 minutes
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Overview

From atop a hill in the midst of a horrific storm, Minnie and Moo help flustered barn animals solve a mystery. What was in the barn? Is the farmer still alive? Is the word of the local rooster trustworthy? Barbara Caruso narrates to perfection. She moves handily from narrator to cow heroine to distraught barn dweller. She is demure as the young pig, blustery as the feisty turkey, and unflappable as the Holstein. Pauses and silence heighten the stormy, spooky mood and underscore the personalities and responses of the critters. Sound effects are superb. Rumbles and crashes punctuate the storm, and an array of barnyard noises underscores the confusion.

Author Details

Author Details

Cazet, Denys

"Denys Cazet is the author and illustrator of more than 25 picture books for children, including Never Spit On Your Shoes, winner of the California Young Readers Medal.

The books about Minnie and Moo are his first for beginning readers. He was inspired to tell stories about the silly cow best-friends when he passed a herd of cows in which all but two were facing the same way. The other two stood next to each other, facing in the opposite direction from the rest of the cows. He immediately dubbed the two nonconformists Minnie and Moo and imagined the adventures two cows who were loyal friends rather than followers of the herd. Mr. Cazet is currently writing I Can Read Books featuring Elvis the Rooster from the farm on which Minnie and Moo live.

Mr. Cazet was an elementary school teacher for 25 years, and has also been a school librarian and elementary school media specialist. He remains active in his local elementary school parent and advisory committees. A California native, Mr. Cazet lives with his family in the foothills of the Napa Valley. "