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Thomas, Joyce Carol

The Bowlegged Rooster and Other Tales That Signify

104 pp. | HarperCollins/Cotler | August, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-06-025377-0 $$15.95 | Library ISBN 0-06-025378-9 $$15.89
(4) 1-3 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.
Reviewer: Emma Loy-Santelli

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