One of my favorite games is a kind of hide and go seek. Somebody hides my toy and I have to find it by listening to hot and cold hints. I LOVE this game!!!!
Sometimes I hide the toy and the Mom Person has to find it. She’s not very good at it and usually needs help.
Sometimes I like to hide myself and see if anyone can find me.
And sometimes the other animals at the 7 Acre Wood like to play hide and seek as well.
Hide and Seek is a fun game no matter how you play it!
We found a fun book at the library last week that’s all about Hide and Seek.
Millie and the Big Rescue by Alexander Steffensmeier.
It was published in 2012 by Walker Books. (We LOVE Walker Books!)
This is a FUN, SILLY Picture Book. Millie is a cow and the star of the book. She loved to play hide and seek. And so did all her friends on the farm. One day Millie chose to hide in the top of a big tree. No one could find her. She watched them all looking and looking. After awhile she got bored and decided to try to climb down, but found she was STUCK!
Well, in her attempts to get down from the tree, she gave herself away and all the other animals saw that she was stuck in the tree. They all made various attempts to rescue her, but as they did, each one got stuck in the tree with Millie. This book is very reminiscent of Oliver Jeffers’s Stuck! Even the farmer lady ends up in the tree. (I like that it’s a farmer lady and not a farmer man.) They decide that it’s a nice spot for a picnic and tea. But then the mailman comes and then the firemen to rescue everybody. And they ALL end up in the tree enjoying the view and eating cake. A very Happy Ending!
I love this book! The illustrations are really funny and require lots of thoughtful observation because there is a lot going on on every page. Even the endpapers show Millie in various hiding places.
Mr Steffensmeier has a pretty cool website HERE. It’s all in German so I can’t read any of it. But you might can.
And here is a little video of Mr Steffensmeier drawing Millie the Cow. Except in German she appears to be Lieselotte. Anyway, enjoy —
Wishing you a Joyful week full of nice views and fun with your friends
Rhythm
Reading With Rhythm 
I know cows can jump over moons – but getting stuck in a tree? that takes talent. Thanks for sharing.. I haven’t seen this book yet & “must read”!
haha! Maybe the tree got in the way while trying to reach the moon. This Millie cow is a pretty silly bovine. I think you will like this book.
This sounds like a winner! We love silly picture books and put cows in them? Perfect. We love your blog, Rhythm. Stanley & Katrina don’t always make it to the computer to comment they are busy sleeping, eating treats or bugging each other, but they are enjoying your book reviews very much! Happy to be following your blog!
~CM
(Cool Mom/Christine M.)
for Stanley & Katrina
Thanks for stopping by Ms Cool Mom! I enjoy your visits.
That does sound fun! A great example of two similar pbs both worthy of publication.
Kind of the same idea done very differently. And both done quite well!
I’ll look out for them both. Thanks, Rhythm.
Cute!
Thanks! 🙂
I love the photos of you hiding and seeking! And I loved the video, of course, love watching people paint. Great post!
Thanks! 😀
Love the cow insert! I have a thing about cows. I even have a manuscript of over 100 cow jokes and cow facts that I have been boomeranging to publishers and agents over the past decade. Someday the world will understand the mix of cow fact and cow fun. What is it about cows that make them so amazing?
Cow jokes! I’d like to hear some of those.
Why did the cow cross the road?
To get to the udder side?
Why don’t cows use credit cards?
They always pay in moolah?
What do you call a cow from Alaska?
Iced cream
hahahahahahahahaha! Who knew cows could be so funny?!
I love the picture of you hiding, R. You look very mysterious! I’m glad you compared that book to Stuck. That is one of Mom’s favorite books!
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Anything by Mr Jeffers is one of my favorites!
Oh my goodness- a cow in a tree- fun! And I also love the pics of you- especially the one hiding, you little sneak! 🙂
Not only a cow in a tree, the whole farmyard in a tree! Quite hilarious! Sneaky, huh? I try to be sneaky, but I’m rarely successful at that.
Hilarious! I MUST read this book (and “Stuck” too!)! 😀