Becca Lou the Cow That Couldn’t Moo

We’re excited to introduce Becca Lou and her barnyard crew in the debut children’s story by author and country singer/songwriter, Kenny Hess. Meet Becca and her friends as they try their best to help Becca Lou find her moo. Follow along as she learns so many different things she can do while trying to learn how to moo. Ultimately Becca Lou and her barnyard crew all learn that being yourself, even if you’re a little different, is the most important thing of all.

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Meet The Characters

Becca Lou

Place of Birth: Fernie BC
Likes: Friends and Friendly People
Dislikes: The Dark It’s too spooky!
Favorite Food: Oatmeal

Interesting fact:
Becca was the youngest of 5 brothers and sisters. As a calf, she learned to sing VERY loud so that she could be heard over the herd of her brothers and sisters.

Ricky Bobby

Place of Birth: Mission BC
Likes: Singing 
Dislikes: Being told to stop singing
Favorite Food: Grass

Interesting fact: Ricky Bobby is a member of the Hurd family. The pasture where Ricky was born in Mission was Owned by the Hurds and then donated by the Hurd family to the city so they could build the Mission hospital and Hurd medical centre which still operates there today

Kate E Kitty

Place of Birth: Mission BC
Likes: Sleeping on the porch all day long
Dislikes: Waking up!
Favorite Food: Warm milk and Pink Cotton candy

Interesting fact:
Kate E teaches Knitting, Macrame’ and Latin dance at the retirement home in Chilliwack BC

Farmer Kenny

Place of Birth: Outlook Saskatchewan
Likes: Two step and Line dancing
Dislikes: Wet, soggy socks (Yuck)
Favorite Food: Perogies and fried onions

Interesting fact: Farmer Kenny was a country singer and songwriter when he was young. He traveled all over the world singing his songs for everybody.

Burt The Bulldog

Place of Birth: Nesbit Manitoba
Likes: Chasing cars, NO trucks!
Dislikes: Catching cars, NO trucks
Favorite Food: Harbells Adventure dog food YUMMMMM it’s made right in Salmon Arm BC

Interesting fact:
When Burt was a baby, he wanted to be a cat, but soon learned he couldn’t climb trees and didn’t even like chasing mice.

 

Freddy Frog

Place of Birth: Rimouski Quebec
Likes: Flies and Lilly pads
Dislikes: Ice skating
Favorite Food: Escargot

Interesting fact:
Freddy once hopped on one foot 33 times. He then had to soak his sore foot in Epson salt for 33 minutes.

Randy Rooster

Place of Birth: Saskatoon Saskatchewan
Likes: Loves Kayaking, Bowling and horseback riding. 
Dislikes: Fast worms
Favorite Food: Slow worms

Interesting fact:
Randy spent a year as a hobo, riding the rails across north America before he found his home at farmer Kenny’s

Dusty Prairie Dog

Place of Birth: Mission BC
Likes: Loves singing on his tippy toes, jumping and very long naps
Dislikes: Loud cars and snow
Favorite Food: pop corn

Interesting fact: Dusty loves being alone but would rather hang out with a friend

Claude La Beaver

Place of Birth: Montreal Quebec
Likes: building all kinds of things with logs.
Dislikes: when his building get washed away down the river. ( but he kinda likes having to rebuilt it too)
Favorite Food: Birch bark and maple syrup

Interesting fact: He can’t remember how many babies he has unless he asks Monette first.

Wendy the wonderful white woolly sheep

Place of Birth: Regina Saskatchewan
Likes: Loves knitting, crocheting and playing with her lambs.
Dislikes: Sad stories
Favorite Food: Puffed wheat

Interesting fact: Wendy has 6 brothers and a sister but really loves one of her brothers more than the rest…( please don’t tell anyone she told you that).

Darlene Duck

Place of Birth: Matqui BC
Likes: Loves visitors, her chair and watching her favorite soap opera (Coronation street)
Dislikes: visitors during Coronation street
Favorite Food: McDonalds

Interesting fact: She loves owls more than other geese

Little Lana Llama

Place of Birth: Mission BC
Likes: Loves good friends, long walks and hugs.
Dislikes: Snakes and boogers
Favorite Food: Avocados from Mexico and wine

Interesting fact: She is secretly in love with Farmer Kenny.

Farmer Kenny

The author of our stories and fun loving caretaker of Becca Lou and her barnyard crew is Farmer Kenny. Farmer Kenny and the whole Barnyard crew take Becca Lou on an adventure to help her find her Moo and in the end she finds so much more than she was looking for.

Vera Sysolina – Our Wonderfull Illustrator

Place of Birth: Russia Siberia
Likes: Drawing wonderful pictures for all of us to enjoy.
Dislikes: Expectations
Favorite Food: Cheese…Lots and Lots of cheese

 

Interesting fact:
Vera is the illustrator for our little story. When Vera was a little girl in Siberia, she dreamed of owning a Magical carriage that transported her to adventures untold in her own amazing fairy tale.

 

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Becca Lou The Cow That Couldn’t Moo by Kenny Hess is a fun and beautifully written story about a young cow who is different from the others. After exploration and investigation, she discovers that love and acceptance are all that matters. As someone who supports hundreds of youth each year in “finding themselves,” this book is a playful way to learn about finding, accepting, and embracing oneself, with the added bonus of exquisite artistry, consistent manners and poetic, prosodic melody. I highly recommend this book for anyone who is looking to entertain and engage children while teaching them important values and lessons at the same time.

Alex Bruce, Author of Finding Yourself Again: Making the Journey Back to
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This is a charming tale of how Becca Lou’s quest to learn how to moo teaches us that while she could not Moo, there were so many other things that she could do and that ultimately, she finds what she always wanted...Happiness. This is an innocently clever story with a wonderful message of learning to look for the good in everything you do.

Gwen Vergowen

I have worked in early childhood development for the last 7 years and I have to say, I absolutely love this book! Becca Lou The Cow That Couldn't Moo is a very relatable collection of characters who try their best to help a friend in need. The payoff is worth every inch of the Journey. The ending is not what I expected but happiness wins and that's always the best ending.

Carol M.

I loved the beautiful characters and how they helped Becca learn so many different things. Even though they could not help her Moo they taught her how to do many other things. The artwork is perfect! It highlights every single mood of this incredibly cute story. Well done!

Lori-ann Cole

Littles LOVE critters, and they’ll especially love the story of Becca Lou, the cow who doesn’t let her missing moo get in the way of finding true happiness.

Lynda McKillip Songwriter / Grammy to Leo (who can’t get enough of ‘Becca Lou The Cow That Couldn’t Moo’)