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Martin, Jacqueline Briggs

Chicken Joy on Redbean Road: A Bayou Country Romp

32 pp. | Houghton | April, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-618-50759-7 $17.00
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Melissa Sweet. After losing his voice, a blue-headed rooster is headed for "quiet rooster stew," until Cleoma the hen enlists fiddler Joe Beebee's help. Though a bit on the long side, Martin's lilting, rhythmic tribute to Cajun and Creole music scans well. Bits of bright cloth in Sweet's mixed-media collages add texture; her expressive pencil-drawn characters bring the story to life. Reading list.
Reviewer: Lauren Adams

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