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MOON ROOSTER
co-author, David Gershator
illustrations and asides
by Megan Halsey
Cavendish, 2001
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| From
the
book jacket: |
Moon Rooster is the youngest rooster on the hill. One night as he lies
sleepless in the moonless dark, it occurs to him what he must do. Yes,
indeed, it is up to him and him alone to light up the night. All the roosters bring up the sun, but not
one brings up the moon. Poor moon....
Sleeping all day and crowing all night, Moon
Rooster is immediately successful. Rising the very next night, the moon
certainly appreciates his song. The hens seem equally impressed. What a voice! What a moon! Why
then, he wonders, are the people on the surrounding hillside yelling
about chicken soup?
With his youthful confidence shaken but his
sense of the dramatic intact, Moon Rooster gets a little help from his
friends in this comical tale of one animal totally baffled by human
behavior. In brilliantly colored collage illustrations, Moon Rooster
ultimately glows as radiantly as any full moon.
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| A little
about the book: |
Says Phillis--
For anyone who thinks roosters crow only in
the morning, t'aint so! Awakened one night by a loud Caribbean rooster,
David came up with our hero, and here are the words to
his song which you can also hear on our great new CD.
Don't forget to flap your
wings when you sing along! And feel free to add to the barnyard
cacophony!
Every night I crow
and crow.
I make the moon
rise up and go.
Cock-a-doodle doo,
cock-a-doodle doo.
Up comes the moon
for me and you.
I bring up the moon
with a cock-a-doodle doo.
Everybody knows
what I can do.
Flap my wings, puff
out my chest.
Crow to the east,
crow to the west.
Up comes the moon,
shining bright.
Let's help the moon
stay up all night.
Flap your wings and
cock-a-doodle doo.
You can crow the
way I do.
Cock-a-doodle,
cock-a-doodle doo,
cock-a-doodle doo!
Says David--
This is a personal favorite, based on a real
live
cock-a-doodle doo that keeps me up during the full moon.
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| From the reviews: |
"Moon
Rooster is a fun read--for adults who can appreciate the
irony
of the
dumb doodledoo who thinks he's such a hero, and for youngsters who'll
just enjoy it on literal terms." St.
Croix Source
"An insomniac rooster crows up the moon so it won't be so dark....The
humorous, tongue-in-cheek tone of the telling and the original song at
the end encourage audiences to help sing the story and make this a
strong entry for story times." School
Library Journal
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