There's a Cow on the Road! By: Reeve Lindbergh There's a Cow in the Road by: Reeve Lindbergh is a great book for beginning readers ages 6 to 9. It is very well written and very suitable for novice readers. The illustrations are by Tracey Campbell Pearson. They are very creative, fun and reader friendly. The story is about a girl preparing for school. Meanwhile she is surprised by all the farmyard animals gathering on the street outside. When I started reading this book I was surprised by how organized it was. The book is brilliant in any case. It's not too long and it's not too short either. The illustrations provide a lot of detail about what the author is writing about. For example, on the first page the author writes: "There's a cow on the road! And it's definitely a shock, when I wake up for the first time, at seven." The illustration shows a girl on her hands and knees peering out the window to see a cow standing in the middle of the road. In the corner of the bed you can see a clock that says seven. The words match the illustrations to create a very fun and organized book to read. I think the words in this book are very appropriate. They are also very funny. The words rhyme and are a little repetitive to make reading easier and more fun. For me the words evoked a sort of laughter as I read the book. The words the author uses to describe each farm animal in detail are a great example of how well written this book truly is. "There's a horse on the road! And he's full of tricks while I'm combing my hair at seven twenty-six. He wags his tail and waves his mane. He's a nice horse but a little vain. There's a horse on the road! All ready to go. It doesn't feel sleepy and it doesn't feel slow." Once again, the artist's drawings to represent the author's descriptions of barnyard animals are simply fun and very entertaining for young children. I like the author's use of time in this story. Every time we see it, the little girl does something new to get ready for school and a new animal is introduced. To me the story represents the challenges of getting ready in the morning when you're a kid.