Audrey (cow) read by the author

April 2020 – For the duration of the Covid-19 virus isolation that all of us are going through, I have put up a video recording of the story divided up into eleven 25 minute (approx.) readings on my Facebook page.

You can find the first one here: Audrey (cow) Reading 1

You can find the whole set here: Audrey (cow) Readings 1-11

And you can also find it at the Canadian Children’s Book Centre’s new online media resource library: Bibliovideo

And because this novel is told through 30+ voices, you can see the cast list below, in order of appearance:

PART I: THE KNOWLEDGE

Madge (cow)
Eddie (dog)
Greta (cow)
Norma (cow)
Roy (horse)
Buster (pig)
Audrey (cow)
Glenn (human)
Elspeth (human)
Agnes (cow)

PART II: THE PLAN

additional characters in order of appearance

Max (dog)
Doc (human)
Clark, Lionel, Brigit and others (sheep)
Loretta & Cyd (geese)

PART III: THE UNFOLDING

additional characters in order of appearance

Kasey (human)
Charlton (rooster)
Marlon & Jimmy D. (crows)

PART IV: THE HUNT

additional characters in order of appearance

Torchy (human)
June (deer)
Boris (skunk)
Claudette (cougar)
Doris (deer)
Humphrey (human)

PART V: THE ENDGAME

additional characters in order of appearance

Fay (human)
Lucille (beaver)
Tyrone (badger)
Thelma (squirrel)
Oliver & Stan (raccoons)

PART VI: THE AFTERMATH

no additional characters in this final part