Thursday, September 19, 2024

Johnson. The Cow in the Kitchen

The Cow in the Kitchen is a children's book by Evelyne Johnson, with art by Anthony Rao, published in 1983. It is available at the Internet Archive.

This is a version of the "squeezing in" one more so that you can appreciate how nice it is when things return to the old normal. This version features a farmer and his family who live in a very small house. The village wise man tells him to bring the cow into the kitchen, then a goat, then a lamb (the farmer complains to the wise man in cumulative fashion, with the animals all making their own noises), then some ducks, then chickens, and when the rooster starts crowing, the wise man tells him to send all the animals out of the kitchen... and everyone in the family is so happy about how big their house is! 

The art is delightful: here's the full kitchen!



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