Read this along with Lisa Ernst's When Bluebell Sang (Bradbury, 1989) for an entertaining story time about bovines. Whether depicting the adventurous cow perched precariously on a surfboard, or hinting at the famous photograph as Martha stands on the 'moon' holding the American flag, Teague makes the most of each funny situation.

A carefully balanced layout alternates full-page illustrations with smaller vignettes. Teague's lush, deeply colored paintings feature textured brushstrokes. Tongue-in-cheek humor, clever wordplay, and offbeat asides make for a lively text. Vowing to reach the moon on her own, Martha stampedes through the streets of New York City, finally arriving at the American Museum of Natural History, where she dons a space helmet and proudly walks on a replica of the lunar surface. Folding her hooves across her chest, she states emphatically, ''No moon, no milk.'' Rob tries to distract her with a series of earthly tourist jaunts: surfing at Venice Beach (''Hang ten, Martha''), exploring Crater Lake National Park, even a trip to Radio City Music Hall (''Not the rockets, Martha. Here at Chris Babcock Art, she and her team of teachers use a combination of soothing humor and loving encouragement to teach students ages 5 and up how to draw and paint modern masterpieces, contemporary art and their own original drawings and paintings using the finest professional grade acrylics on museum quality papers.PreSchool-Grade 4-When Rob comes for milk, Martha, his rather histrionic cow, reveals her boredom with eating grass and her desire to become a ''cowsmonaut'' and journey to the moon. In 2009 when her daughter Mookie turned 9, Chris decided it was time to open her own art school in San Francisco. Through word of mouth from her art students’ parents, Chris Babcock’s custom portraits of children and families now sell all over the United States and Canada. Joseph’s Sacred Heart School, Atherton, CA. The French American International School, San FranciscoĬonvent and Stuart Hall Sacred Heart Schools, San Francisco

In 1996, Chris used the royalties she earned from No Moon, No Milk! to fund her painting and drawing instruction and commissioned portrait businesses.įrom 1996 to 2009, Chris developed and practiced her own style of technical and creative drawing and painting lessons at the following schools: No Moon, No Milk! was named one of the top ten children’s books of the year by the New York Times, USA Today, and People Magazine. In 1991 while attending The School of Visual Arts in New York City, Chris sold a children’s book she wrote called No Moon, No Milk! to Random House and Scholastic.įrom it’s 1993 international publication to present day, Chris Babcock’s No Moon, No Milk! (RANDOM HOUSE/SCHOLASTIC)has sold over a million copies. Chris Babcock is a published children’s book author, illustrator, professional portrait painter, art instructor and mom to her daughter Mookie.

No Moon, No Milk! by Chris Babcock