An Occasional Cow

Polly Horvath. Farrar Straus Giroux, $5.95 (144pp) ISBN 978-0-374-45573-6

``In this flip and funny view of life in Iowa,'' said PW , ``the spirit of this anything-goes comedy is good-natured fun. The illustrations are as exaggerated and comic as the story itself.'' Ages 8-12. (Apr.)

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