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A must for all Terry Pratchett aficionados, this darkly whimsical, fully illustrated, four-color "picture book for adults" is a companion volume to Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel, THUD!
At six o'clock every night, without fail, Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch must go home to read Where's My Cow?, with all the right farmyard animal noises, to his little boy. It is the only thing that keeps him sane in an increasingly insane world. But, Sam wonders, why is this book full of moo-cows and baa-lambs when Young Sam will only ever see them cooked on a plate? He can't help but feel there should be a more useful book for a boy who lives in a big city. So Sam starts adapting the story. A story with dark streets, not sunny fields. A book with rogues and criminals. A tale about the place where he'll grow up--a city that his father must protect every day.
Illustrated with four-color art by artist Melvyn Grant, Where's My Cow? is an engagingly clever story-within-a-story that will appeal to all Pratchett fans.
Author Notes
Terry Pratchett was on born April 28, 1948 in Beaconsfield, United Kingdom. He left school at the age of 17 to work on his local paper, the Bucks Free Press. While with the Press, he took the National Council for the Training of Journalists proficiency class. He also worked for the Western Daily Press and the Bath Chronicle. He produced a series of cartoons for the monthly journal, Psychic Researcher, describing the goings-on at the government's fictional paranormal research establishment, Warlock Hall. In 1980, he was appointed publicity officer for the Central Electricity Generating Board with responsibility for three nuclear power stations.
His first novel, The Carpet People, was published in 1971. His first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, was published in 1983. He became a full-time author in 1987. He wrote more than 70 books during his lifetime including The Dark Side of the Sun, Strata, The Light Fantastic, Equal Rites, Mort, Sourcery, Truckers, Diggers, Wings, Dodger, Raising Steam, Dragons at Crumbling Castle: And Other Tales, and The Shephard's Crown. He was diagnosis with early onset Alzheimer's disease in 2007. He was knighted for services to literature in 2009 and received the World Fantasy award for life achievement in 2010. He died on March 12, 2015 at the age of 66.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (1)
Guardian Review
This "Discworld picture book for all ages" accompanies Pratchett's latest novel, in which Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh- Morpork City Watch must dash home at 6pm sharp after a hard day's peacekeeping between trolls and dwarfs to read a bedtime story to his one-year-old called, yes, Where's My Cow? Pratchett pokes gentle fun at the sing-song monotony of books for babies, while still providing the obligatory farmyard noises. The pastels of the nursery world battle with hypercharged fantasy illustration as Sam introduces some earthy Discworld characters into the saccharine mix. But be warned: like Sam's little boy, your toddler may replace their winsome baa-lamb noises with impersonations of Coffin' Henry and Foul Ole Ron. To order a copy for pounds 9.99 with free UK p&p call Guardian book service on 0870 836 0875. Caption: article-picturebk.1 This "Discworld picture book for all ages" accompanies [Terry Pratchett]'s latest novel, in which Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh- Morpork City Watch must dash home at 6pm sharp after a hard day's peacekeeping between trolls and dwarfs to read a bedtime story to his one-year-old called,...
