The Day the Cow Sneezed

Jared Chapman | July 13th, 2006


Drawn’s own Ward Jenkins has posted a fantastic write up about Jim Flora’s children’s book The Day the Cow Sneezed on his own blog. Included in his post, Ward has posted both the final illustrations that appear in the book and a rare treat- the original mock ups that Flora created for the pages, compliments of Flora biographer Irwin Chusid. While the side-by-side comparison of the two is both inspiring and intriguing, Ward goes on to offer more insight into the individual spreads, as well as how he came to own his own copy of this rare literary gem. This is a must read for any fan of illustration and/or design.

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  • I'm so excited about this book. I hope it gets reissued, but regardless I'm keeping my eye out for a used copy.
    The story looks a lot like a later book called "Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo!" by Seuss. (writing as Rosetta Stone) The Seuss book details how a bug's sneeze sts in motion a chain of progressively larger events--sort of like chaos theory for kids. Is that the plot of the Flora book as well?
  • Yes, Adam, Cow Sneezed's plot is exactly like this: a cow's sneeze sets off a chain of events that culminates into a massive climax and pretty much wrecks an entire town. I didn't scan the entire book, but it's definitely worth checking out.
  • Oh, and thanks, Jared, for the write-up! A lot of time and effort went into the making of that post. And I couldn't have done it without Irwin.
  • I'm sold
  • arun
    Awesome thought

    keep working you gonna go long
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