By: Cathy Morrison,
on 8/12/2015
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| Over on the Farm cover |
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| So they swished with their tails at the pesky bumblebee |
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| "Waddle," said the mother. |
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| In a muddy pig pen lived a huge mother pig and her little piglets ten. |
By: Jen Robinson,
on 4/8/2014
Book: Ten Eggs in a Nest (Bright and Early Books for Beginning Readers)
Author: Marily Sadler
Illustrator: Michael Fleming
Pages: 48
Age Range: 3-7
This book works as an early reader. The words and sentence structure are simple (though not boring), and there is plenty of repetition. It also works as a counting and simple addition book. Like this:
"ONE plus TWO makes THREE baby chicks!" said Gwen.
ONE! TWO! THREE!"
And, laterL
"ONE plus TWO plus THREE plus FOUR makes TEN baby chicks!" clucked Gwen.
As a read-aloud, it's enjoyable, though I did find myself skimming by the fourth or fifth read. I think for new readers the repetition will provide scaffolding, and work well. The capitalizing of the text of the numbers helps to highlight those, too.
I think what made my daughter ask to read it again (and again) was a combination of the fun of doing the counting, and the charm of Red Rooster. He's so proud when his babies are born - it's really adorable. Like this:
"Red strutted into Worm World.
He held his head high.
He puffed his chest out.
Pinky Pig was behind the counter."
There's also repeated humor when Red is surprised and says that you could have knocked him over with a feather. That, together with the "don't count your chicks before they are hatched" gives parents a chance to introduce the idea of sayings.
Michael Fleming's illustrations are boldly colored and inviting, with thick outlines and a spare use of texture. The birds are not representational, but they are all cute, especially the strutting red. My daughter noticed that the sign in Worm World is written with worm shapes, and she was quite charmed by this detail.
all in all, Ten Eggs in a Nest is an early reader done well. It's definitely worth a look, and worth adding to school and public libraries.I look forward to trying it again when my daughter is actually ready to read.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (@RandomHouseKids)
Publication Date: January 28, 2014
Source of Book: Review copy from the publisher
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by Lori Degman & Deborah Zemke
Creston Books 5/13//2014
978-1-93954-07-1
Age 3 to 9 36 pages
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“When the rooster is away, who is there to ring in the day? Cock-a-Doodle Oops! is the humorous tale of a community of farm animals who band together to help out a rooster who is badly in need of a vacation. How hard can it be to wake up a sleeping farmer? While the rooster is gone, the pig, cow, sheep, and other farm animals attempt to rouse Farmer McPeeper with “cock-a-doodle SQUEAL,” “cock-a-doodle MOO,” and “cock-a-doodle BAAAA,” with hilarious results.”
Opening
“Farmer McPeeper was such a deep sleeper, not even an earthquake could shake him.
A poke or a pinch wouldn’t budge him an inch, ‘cause only his rooster could wake him.”
The Story
Rooster had planned a beach vacation and the time had come to leave. He was excited to be able to sleep as late as he pleased. All the animals were worried.
“If you go, who will crow?”
Rooster had a plan. Each animal would take over one morning and waking up Farmer McPeeper. On Monday, Pig knew he could do it and with the others looking on Pig gave his best.
“Cock-a-doodle-SQUEAL!”
On Tuesday, Sheep took her turn. Wednesday Cow, with much ego, told the others to step aside as he gave a morning wake-up for Farmer McPeeper. Chicken, also sure of himself—he and Rooster were birds of a feather. She stood atop the fence and gave her very best, which wasn’t very good. Chicken blamed it on the weather. Mule filled in on Friday and Goat did his best on Saturday. Finally, Owl, with much confidence, tried to wake up Farmer McPeeper. When Rooster arrived home, all the animals gathered around urging him to wake the farmer. But something was wrong .
Review
Cock-a-Doodle Oops! had me laughing starting with page one. Poor Rooster, worn out from his morning job, he needs a vacation. For one week, Rooster is going to the beach and someone else will have to wake up Farmer McPeeper. Every page will delight kids. Those reading will enjoy all the opportunities to sound like a cow, or a mule, or a sheep. Storybook hour will explode with laughter.
The illustrations deftly show the animals cock-a-doodle-doing their hearts out for Rooster and Farmer McPeeper as the other wide-eyed animals look on. The animals take on a life of their own as they spew out their wakeup calls. From the farmhouse a short ways away, all that one can “hear” are the z’s of McPeeper’s sleep. Even his dog stays by his side, asleep, waiting for the Rooster to arouse him and his master. Just getting through the week of substitute morning calls will delight the children. But there is more. There is an unexpected twist, or rather, a double-twist!
I know young children will love Cock-a-Doodle Oops! The fresh story has a cartoon flare and the illustrator makes sure the delightful story stands out from the crowd. The ending is cartoon-comical. I want so badly to tell you the crazy twists, but no endings here.* The rhyming story is easy to read, which is good since kids are going to want Cock-a-Doodle Oops! read to them nightly. And don’t forget those voices. Your kids definitely will not. Find a home on a shelf for Cock-a-Doodle Oops! It’s a keeper.
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Find out more about Cock-a-Doodle Oops! HERE!
Laugh at the wild ending after you get a copy at Amazon
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Meet the author, Lori Degman at her website: http://www.loridegman.com/loridegman.com/Home.html
Meet the illustrator, Deborah Zemke at her website: http://www.deborahzemke.com/
Find more great books at Creston Books’ website: http://www.crestonbooks.co/
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COCK-A-DOODLE OOPS! Text copyright © 2014 by Lori Degman. Illustrations copyright © 2014 by Deborah Zemke. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Creston Books, Berkeley, CA.
ALSO BY LORI DEGMAN
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– Won 2010 Cheerios New Author Contest
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ALSO BY DEBORAH ZEMKE
The Deep, Deep Puddle
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By: sketched out,
on 11/18/2013
“Fruit Cocktail”
I know, groan, that’s a real stretch. But that’s how I roll!
Hey, why not check out how the other SkADaMoers are rolling today, right here.
By: sketched out,
on 9/30/2013
THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS
The donkey, the largest of them, approached the window and looked in.
“What do you see, Gray-Horse?” asked the rooster.
“What do I see?” answered the donkey. “A table set with good things to eat and drink, and robbers sitting there enjoying themselves.”
“That would be something for us,” said the rooster.
“Ee-ah, ee-ah, oh, if we were there!” said the donkey.
Then the animals discussed how they might drive the robbers away, and at last they came upon a plan. The donkey was to stand with his front feet on the window, the dog to jump on the donkey’s back, the cat to climb onto the dog, and finally the rooster would fly up and sit on the cat’s head. When they had done that, at a signal they began to make their music all together. The donkey brayed, the dog barked, the cat meowed and the rooster crowed. Then they crashed through the window into the room, shattering the panes.
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A couple of weeks ago the Illustration Friday word of the week was “totem.” I’m telling you, time flies, because I’m just getting to it up now. Better late than never, I suppose!
By: Roberta Baird,
on 9/27/2013
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By: Jennifer DeDonato,
on 5/28/2012
By: Laurel Gaylord,
on 12/6/2010
Practice piece
Corel Painter X
Reference photo from brokenremedies.deviantart.com: Thank you for such a beautiful Rooster.
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"Wanna go out? Beg me!"
"NEVER!!!"
By: Laurel Gaylord,
on 5/23/2010
By: Paula Becker,
on 10/23/2009
Fast chicks.
By: Aline Pereira,
on 9/29/2009
Prompted by my reading of exiled Argentinian children’s writer, Jorge Lujàn’s essay in the recent issue of PaperTigers, I went to my library to take out his books. I found three: Sky Blue Accident Accidente Celeste, Rooster Gallo and Colors ¡Colores! In reading them to my daughter, I was immediately enchanted. The stories were palpably poetic. In Sky Blue Accident, for example, a boy crashes into the sky and puts the broken pieces into his pocket. In Rooster, when the rooster opens its beak, the sun comes up, opens its hand and gives birth to the day. In Colors, night has a black gown in which stars — the ‘eyes of the universe can shine more brightly.’ Some of you may recognize at once the magical realist quality of these stories for which Latin American writers are particularly renown. Personifying colors and natural elements like the sky and the day without being stereotypical takes a special creative knack and Lujàn has tha
t knack in spades, so to speak. And of course, such creative and perceptive views of the world are an illustrator’s delight. These books have different illustrators with their own unique style. Sky Blue Accident and Colors are illustrated by Piet Grobler whose style is captivatingly quirky as in Sky Blue Accident or breezily ephemeral as in the watercolor swathes found in Colors. Rooster is illustrated by Manuel Monroy. The bird is painted a speckled blue; it’s body is a metaphor for the sky. I liked how the speckles flew off as stars at one point in the book, and how the rooster eats a star with a star gleaming in its eye on the next page.
Lujàn’s books are bilingual in Spanish and English. Although I’m not particularly familiar with Spanish, I enjoyed reading the Spanish text aloud to my daughter. We learned Spanish words a la Lujàn in a totally new and delightful way!
By: elvia montemayor,
on 7/6/2009
japanese moleskinewww.elviaemontemayor.blogspot.com
Posted on 4/4/2007
Seventeen year old Jersey Hatch is coming home. Having spent the better part of the last year of his life in the hospital and then at a rehabilitation center
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Roosted pineapples – that was funny!
Perfection.
Oh yeah. This is a good one! (Although, it does look a little painful for the rooster)
Love it:) Too funny:)
Took me a minute to get it. Heeeeeeeeee
Ha ha, funny! Thanks!
Thanks, Bambi!
Thanks!
Hee hee, thanks Madre!
Hee hee, I guess, eh? Although I was imagining it being a part of him, but it does look painful now that you mention it! (0: