Fabulous dialogue and humor abound in this refreshing tale of the cow that jumped over the moon. The change of attitude is welcome, fun and irreverent. A must-read for anyone and their child. Sweet and aesthetic illustration makes it a pleasure, suits the story beautifully. Looking for more from this talented writer.

This review from The National Parenting Center sums this great book up perfectly:

This hysterical and irreverent book which explores, in extraordinary depth, the well known Mother Goose line, "And the Cow Jumped Over The Moon", will have you and your children in stitches. With her tongue firmly planted in her cheek, Gennifer Choldenko tells the "true" story of the very first moon jumping bovine. You will laugh out loud as you read this book, we guarantee it. The illustrations by Paul Yalowitz are equally wonderful making this a book you'll love having on your shelf. END

Developing strong, three-dimentional characters is definately a gift that the Good Lord has decided to bless Gennifer Choldenko with. I've encountered many "counter-culture" teens like the main character, Ant (short for Antonia), who have the nicest parents, but seem troubled. Their dress, actions and attitudes seem to shout, "I don't care." Rather than take the "I don't care" exterior and run with it, Choldenko writes in the first person from Ant's point-of-view, so that we can see the contrast between what Ant says and what Ant does; what Ant's goals and dreams are and how her actions (especially her constant lies and deceptions) prevent her from achieving those dreams. Choldenko goes a step further, however. She doesn't focus on Ant as the cause of, and solution to all of her problems. She shows how her family contributes to, her problems through a lack of meaningful communication. Far from being a down and negative book however, it is written with a rather light-hearted tone. Choldenko includes many scenes inteded to put a smile on your face (the interactions with Harrison, for instance) and will quickly switch to a confrontation between Ant and her family. The contrast serves to strengthen the different emotions.

I am seriously planning to assign this book to my sixth grade class to read. I think they'll like it and it looks like they'll be able to identify with many of Ant's problems/thoughts (thus, making for great discussions of the book). Unless I edit this review, assume that the book as assigned reading went VERY well.

The school librarian recommended this book, but after the first few pages, I almost put it down because the simple language suggested a lower level than my seventh graders. I'm so glad I decided to stick with it. The main character, Ant, is so real that she practically jumped into three dimensions as I read. I've seen so many mismatches like Ant and her family that I'd say the situations, as quirky as they seem, are truly realistic and gave me a lot to think about. I can't wait to get my students' reactions to this terrfic, fast-paced read.

Great! when I first started to read, I think that Gennifer make a wrong purpose, but not, after I finish the book I cried so hard. This book is very touching.I tell my school librarian Mrs. Ball to get this book to share to other kids and she said she will. My new school really need this book. Peoples you need to read this book! Ok its about Ant. Ant is a 12 years old, and she always got problem with her mother, I think her mother is right and wrong sometimes, and I also think that her mom always pick on her, she had two perfect sister one older one younger.Ant have her own personal world, yes she is a normal kid, she just think that because her mom is not nice to her and everything, so she always thought that she have a real mother that she was adopted, whch its not true. A book always have an happy ending.......but this one..... you gotta find out yourself!

Excellent book! (spell check, I know I know!)