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40 pp.
| Simon |
October, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4424-9510-4$17.99
|
EbookISBN 978-1-4424-9511-1
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Matt Myers.
"What happened to 'cock-a-doodle-doo'?" a farm boy asks rooster Mel, who "just wasn't feeling" the old routine. Problem is, the sun won't rise without a proper doodling. The all-dialogue story cries out to be performed: some verve gets lost on the page. But the moonlit illustrations carry the humor, especially the wordless scenes showing the characters in action--and inaction.