  | Cow In The Dark At Night Author: Hannigan, Jess | |
| Price: $23.98 | ||
Summary:
The cow has always wondered what goes on when the sun goes down. Tonight, she will discover it all. Adventures, nocturnal friends, every exciting thing waiting out there in the dark new world. But these night people may have other things in mind... It’s a good thing that the moon is very bright tonight.
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (05/01/26)
Full Text Reviews:
Publishers Weekly - 04/20/2026 Much like the bovine protagonist of this goofily deadpan tale, Hannigan (The Bear Out There) takes a premise and cheerfully runs away with it. A spotted cow makes a carefully planned nighttime escape from its farm home, its innocence about the world and pride in its own sly plan the first of many jokes. Trailed by a black cat who seems equal parts knowing and protective, the cow, with wide-eyed naivety, encounters an array of pale-skinned "night people." These include a scarecrow ("such a marvelous sense of style"), a pair of burglars hauling off the farmer’s TV ("Everyone seems very polite at night"), and a vampiric "upside-down night person" who invites, "Do you desire to walk as a creature of the dark for all eternity?" But when a green figure whisks cow and cat aboard a spaceship and the adventure leaps from shaggy dog telling to absurd interplanetary outing, even the formerly unflappable cow admits, "It’s looking like I’ve made a pretty big mistake here." Bold, flat compositions-heavy on saturated greens, oranges, and purples, with a crisp, cut-paper sensibility-match the text’s dry wit beat for beat. It’s an exploratory comedy that’ll draw giggles ’til the cows come home. Ages 4-8. (July) - Copyright 2026 Publishers Weekly used with permission.
