Where's My Cow? is a picture book written by Terry Pratchett and illustrated by Melvyn Grant. It is based on a book that features in Pratchett's Discworld novel Thud!, in which Samuel Vimes reads it to his son. Where's My Cow? was released on 23 September 2005, to coincide with Thud!. The cover bears a gold sticker reading "OOK! The Ankh-Morpork Librarians' Award - Children's Winner".

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  • Where's My Cow? is a picture book written by Terry Pratchett and illustrated by Melvyn Grant. It is based on a book that features in Pratchett's Discworld novel Thud!, in which Samuel Vimes reads it to his son. Where's My Cow? was released on 23 September 2005, to coincide with Thud!. The cover bears a gold sticker reading "OOK! The Ankh-Morpork Librarians' Award - Children's Winner". This looks slightly similar to the Carnegie Medal sticker on the paperback of The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents. The book is written as a children's picture book and tells the story of Sam Vimes reading the picture book Where's My Cow? to Young Sam. The book describes the search for a cow, in which various animals that are not cows are identified by the noise they make. Sam eventually decides that this is a daft way to look for a cow, and that Young Sam should, in any case, be getting taught about Ankh-Morpork rather than animals he will only see on a plate. He therefore attempts to rework the story into what he calls the 'Vimes street version', about a search for "daddy" through the city, encountering such characters as C.M.O.T. Dibbler, Foul Ole Ron, and the Patrician.In Thud! we learn that the next day Young Sam said "Buglit!" and Sybil pointedly never raised the subject. Sam then stuck rigidly to the authorized version. In the framing story of Where's My Cow?, Young Sam also says "Buglit!" when Sybil comes upstairs to see what all the excitement is. There are three art styles in the book, all drawn by Grant. The first art style is a fairly realistic style, with a slight cartoony feel. This is used for Vimes relating the story to Young Sam. The second style is that of the book within the book, which is simple, with thick lines and pastel colours. The pictures of Vimes and Young Sam are in front of these pictures, and do not interact with them. The third style occurs when Vimes starts changing the story. The Discworld characters are drawn in the same style as Vimes and Young Sam, but the pastel animals are still present, and all three settings begin blurring together. The objects in Young Sam's nursery also become animated. This quite possibly represents Young Sam's imagination. The illustration of the nursery contains as an Easter egg a painting of the author himself, Terry Pratchett. Also of note is that the various other animals, which are mistaken for cows, are drawn in such a way that their outlines, combined with their surroundings, forms a cow shape. For example, the sheep has a tree's branches for horns and a rabbit chewing greenery for an udder, the horse has a pitchfork for horns and a chicken for an udder, etc.In this book Vimes bears a passing resemblance to actor Pete Postlethwaite. Pratchett has previously commented that this is who he has always perceived Vimes as looking like, rather than Paul Kidby's 'Clint Eastwood' representation. The book has played a cameo at the end of Wintersmith, being read by the character Rob Anybody. (en)
  • «Где моя корова?» (англ. Where's My Cow?) — детская книга английского писателя Терри Пратчетта и иллюстрациями Мелвина Гранта. Книга основана на вымышленной детской книжке, которую Сэмюэль Ваймс читает своему сыну в романе «Бац!». Книги вышли в 2005 году одновременно. На русский не переводилась.На обложке красуется значок «У-ук! Награда библиотекарей Анк-Морпорка — лучшая детская книга!». Значок напоминает медаль «Карнеги», которую в 2001 году получила другая книга Пратчетта, «Удивительный Морис и его дрессированные грызуны». Внутри книги иллюстрации известных персонажей мало похожи на иллюстрации Пола Кидби.Книга сделана наподобие детских иллюстрированных книг альбомного формата. В ней рассказывается о том, как Ваймс читает вслух своему маленькому сыну книгу «Где моя корова?» и поочередно называет разных животных, а сын старается подражать звукам, которые они обычно издают. В конце концов, Ваймс решает, что лучше учить ребенка реальной жизни и называет других персонажей Плоского мира, с которыми можно столкнуться в Анк-Морпорке, ведь животных сын увидит разве что в тарелке. На одной из страниц можно разглядеть портрет самого Терри Пратчетта.О книге также упоминается в книге «Зимних дел мастер»: ее пытается читать Роб Всякограб, Нак Мак Фигл. Категория:Книги о Плоском мире Категория:Романы 2005 года (ru)
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  • ISBN 0-385-60937-X (en)
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  • ISBN 0-06-087267-5 (en)
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  • picture books (en)
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  • Based on a book referred to in Thud!. Discworld publication by Router & Sideways, Year of Three Horses (en)
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  • 2005 (xsd:integer)
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  • Where's My Cow? is a picture book written by Terry Pratchett and illustrated by Melvyn Grant. It is based on a book that features in Pratchett's Discworld novel Thud!, in which Samuel Vimes reads it to his son. Where's My Cow? was released on 23 September 2005, to coincide with Thud!. The cover bears a gold sticker reading "OOK! The Ankh-Morpork Librarians' Award - Children's Winner". (en)
  • «Где моя корова?» (англ. Where's My Cow?) — детская книга английского писателя Терри Пратчетта и иллюстрациями Мелвина Гранта. (ru)
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  • Where's My Cow? (en)
  • Где моя корова? (ru)
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