The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet!

By Carmen Agra Deedy

Book Overview

Pura Belpre Honoree Carmen Agra Deedy and Newbery Honor-book author/illustrator Eugene Yelchin have created a powerful tale that celebrates the spirit of freedom.

La Paz is a happy, but noisy village. A little peace and quiet would make it just right. So the villagers elect the bossy Don Pepe as their mayor. Before long, singing of any kind is outlawed. Even the teakettle is afraid to whistle!But there is one noisy rooster who doesn't give two mangos about this mayor's silly rules. Instead, he does what roosters were born to do.He sings: "Kee-kee-ree-KEE!" Carmen Deedy's masterfully crafted allegory and Eugene Yelchin's bright, whimsical mixed-media paintings celebrate the spirit of freedom -- and the courage of those who are born to sing at any cost.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545722888
• ISBN13: 9780545722889
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Scholastic Press
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

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I. Love. This. Book! I have head the storyteller read it to me, I’ve read it to so many kids and I’ve had kids start reading it to me.. wonderful story, lesson, and pictures!