Moon Rooster

by David Gershator, Phillis Gershator, Megan Halsey (Illustrator)

When the youngest rooster on the hill decides it is his duty to bring up the moon by crowing loudly each night, the people living nearby dream of rooster soup. By the illustrator of One Bean.

Genres: Picture Books, Animals

Hardcover

First published September 1, 2001

Reviews

[Anthony · Rating 3 out of 5]

What happens when a rooster is unable to sleep at night? He disrupts everyone's sleep cycle by crowing at the moonless sky trying to raise the moon. Although he succeeds in bringing up the moon, he also flares up the tempers of the humans, who want to make chicken soup out of him. This humorous tale covers the cycles, and phases of the moon.

[Ina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very amusing book, and a great read aloud - especially if you have everyone in the audience help rooster by joining in every "cockadoodledoo." The main character, a young rooster suffering from insomnia and confusion, decides that a rooster must crow to wake the moon just as the other roosters were needed to wake the sun. Things go downhill for rooster from there, he just doesn't understand why people throw shoes pots and clocks at him to say thank you when he would rather just have some dried corn kernals....The illustrations are lovely, and although my storytime audience missed the somewhat sarcastic tone of the text, it made the parents in my audience smile. The kids just loved the zaniness and making all that noise.

[Elizabeth S · Rating 2 out of 5]

This should have been an awesome book. The idea of a rooster crowing the moon up every night is priceless. Yet, somehow the story didn't take it anywhere enjoyable. I couldn't tell if it was trying to be a fable explaining why the moon has phases, or a story about togetherness and supporting each other, or what. It had elements of several different things, but didn't succeed at all in any of the areas. Fell flat.

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Adorable :) A folk tale about roosters crowing. Moon rooster thinks the moon might need encouragement, just like the sun. He gets more than he bargains for when the humans in the neighborhood decide chicken stew might be a good idea!

[Teresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

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