Raisin the Littlest Cow

Reviewed by: Barbara Merritt - Scarborough School Department, Scarborough, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: October 24, 2016

Review

Because Raisin is the youngest cow in the herd, the other cows pay a lot of attention to her, adoring her, nuzzling her, and telling her how cute she is. That all changes when her baby brother is born and he gets all of the attention. Raisin hates that and acts out, planning to run away. Then during a thunderstorm, she realizes her brother is even more afraid of thunder than she is, so she decides to help him not to be so afraid. The illustrations in this book are very cute and appealing. The story will be a good one to share with young children who have a new baby in their family. It will also be good for young children who have a hard time dealing with change. The binding is not good, a drawback for library collections.

Overall Book Score: good