Cows In Action: World War Moo (Steve Cole, 2008)

Last Christmas Andrew got me this book, on account of our fondness for cows... It's a kid's book, but it's still better than Taltos! The book features Professor McMoo, Bo Vine and her brother Pat, a trio of cows from the future who are sent back in time to prevent evil atrocities by the FBI (that's the Fed-up Bull Institute), which keeps sending Ter-moo-naters back to significant points in history to cause havoc. This story is, of course, set in World War Moo, I mean Two, and the FBI have a dastardly plan to build a Butterbot for both the Nazis and the British so that each side wipes each other out, leaving the way clear for bulls to rule the world!

I enjoyed the continuous stream of cow and bull punnery and references - to stop people being confused about cows walking among them they wear rings in their noses that camouflage them as human, and they time-travel in a shed. The story's as daft and plot-holey as you'd expect from a kid's book, and it's a bit bizarre to have Winston Churchill and Nazis running around, but I suppose it presents a good way for parents to introduce the idea to their children? A moovellous book.