Chicken Joy on Redbean Road: A Bayou Country Romp

By Jacqueline Briggs Martin

When people danced to Joe Beebee's music they forgot about bad knees, tight shoes, backaches, blisters, and beetles . . . They forgot sickness, sadness, and sin. Joe Beebee's music, folks say, will take you up so high, your problems look small enough to stomp on. But, worries a plain brown hen, can it make a quiet rooster sing? Can it save her best friend from becoming Quiet Rooster Stew? Will Joe Beebee even play for chickens? With art as fun as waltzing on the moon and with words as lively as a fiddle, this book captures the power of music to heal and of friendship to endure.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618507590
• ISBN13: 9780618507597
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 10.5"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Coup-a-doodle-doo!

How I love this delightful children's book for ages 4-8! The book begins with: "Everybody in St.Cecilia Parish knew of Joe Beebee (down Redbean Road). His music set empty shoes to dancing." Well, one day the local town rooster got the measles and lay low. Everyone knew that a rooster who couldn't crow anymore was headed for rooster stew! The story line is excellent as the plot unfolds and we are introduced to more characters. You've got to read this book because it is so good and the illustrations are wonderful! While the band played their favorite song about waltzing on the moon, the rooster raised his head! It was pure chicken joy to hear the rooster crow, coup-a-doodle-dooo! Maybe you'll hear the sounds of Bayou Cajun music in the distance as you read along and want to get up and dance!