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Illustrated by
Holly Berry.
Life's milestones--birth, death, baptism, marriage, and rejoicing--are the focus of five connected stories about Baby Rooster, his parents, and their barnyard neighbors. Berry's black-and-white drawings are just right for these tales steeped in southern folk tradition and a strong sense of family. However, overuse of phrases such as "steppity-stepped" and "wiggledy-wiggled" becomes tiresome and distracts from the otherwise lively text.