Little Rooster's Diamond Button - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807546445 ISBN 13: 9780807546444

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company, 2007

Synopsis

Little Rooster is happy to find a diamond button--it's a perfect present for his mistress. Then along comes the King, who snatches the button for his treasure chamber! Little Rooster demands the button back, but the King throws him in a well.

About this title

About the Author:

Will Terry has been freelancing as an illustrator for 17 years. His work has appeared in national advertisements for Sprint, Pizza Hut, M&M Mars, Fed Ex, Master Card and Citibank and in such publications as Time, Money, Wall Street Journal, Mac World, Arizona Highways, Seventeen and Better Homes and Gardens. His work has also been accepted into The Society of Illustrators. He has illustrated 20 children’s books and recently Armadilly Chili, written by Helen Ketteman, is in its second printing and has been chosen for the Texas 2x2 Reading List, the North Carolina Children’s Book Award, and the Arizona Young Readers Choice Award. His most recent two books are The Frog with the Big Mouth and The Three Little Gators. Will was chosen to represent the California Teachers Association in conjunction with Read Across America as their illustrator for two years and they picked Armadilly Chili as the CTA book for 2010-2011. Will lives in Cedar Hills with his wife Laurel and their three boys.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 1–3—This version of a Hungarian folktale is perfectly suited to a storytelling performance. A little rooster finds a diamond button, only to have it snatched up by a greedy king. The rooster goes to the palace and demands that it be returned. The monarch tries to get rid of him, but he uses his amazing magic stomach to escape from a well, a fire, and a beehive. Finally he not only wins the button back, but manages to obtain all of the king's treasure as well. The story is simple but amusing and has good cadence and pacing. MacDonald has eliminated all extraneous detail so movement from scene to scene is quick. There is much here to delight listeners, especially when the rooster releases a swarm of bees in the king's baggy pants. Terry's plucky acrylic illustrations heighten the humor. He uses rich, contrasting colors and exaggerated facial features to make the characters and scenes energetically funny. Celia Barker Lottridge's version (Groundwood, 2001) is illustrated by Joanne Fitzgerald with traditional watercolor-and-ink pictures, and the story is told with more embellishment. It is well suited for individual reading, but MacDonald's is better for group sharing.—Donna Cardon, Provo City Library, UT
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About this edition

• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0807546445
• ISBN 13: 9780807546444
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Will Terry