Morning, Miss Moo
Carrie Dow
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(, April 18, 2011)
Carrie Dow of Lakewood, CO, has published her first book for children, Morning, Miss Moo (Story of an Ornery Cat), by Trafford Publishing. Dow used her own cat, a stray she and her husband found behind the garage, as inspiration for the story. According to Dow, the cat causes a lot of trouble. âBut we still love her,â she says.âPets are a lot like children, in that they do things that we donât always approve of,â she states. âWhile their actions may be inappropriate, their intentions are good. Thatâs what I wanted to convey in the story.âThe Dows named her Miss Moo because instead of saying âmeowâ like other cats, she says, âmoo.â âItâs not quite meow, but itâs not quite mew either. Itâs very strange and silly,â the author says. The author also says people tell her they see their own cats in Miss Mooâs ornery actions. âPeople tell me all the time that their cat does something that just drives them up the wall, yet they canât help laughing. Thatâs why we love them so much!âDow created the book with the help of her friend, Roxanne Macke of Broomfield, CO. Macke, a graphic artist, was able to use digital photos of Miss Moo and put them into her illustrations. Dow is hoping to turn the book into a series with other misadventures to follow. âWhat can I say? Sheâs a very ornery cat, which provides me with a lot of material.â The book is currently available online at Amazon and Barnes and Noble and in house at the Tattered Cover Bookstores in Denver, CO, and the Boulder Book Store in Boulder, CO. It was also featured on Colorado and Company (KUSA Channel 9) in their Local Authors segment on May 4. Miss Moo even has her own blog. Read it at www.missmooblog.blogspot.com. Dow is a freelance writer who has been published in several magazines including Islands, Go World Travel and International Living. A member of the Cat Writersâ Association, she currently has two animal-centric columns at Examiner.com, Lakewood Pet Examiner and International Pet Examiner.