Well, I guess I must have been on a farmyard animal kick this week at the library, because here is yet another tale about life on a farm.The main character is a hilariously sight-impaired rooster. When hearing about a rooster that crows at the wrong time, for some reason I am reminded of one of my favorite movies: Babe. In this movie, there is a duck who is trying to be indispensible around the farm by crowing in the morning before the rooster. A huge hullabaloo insues and the mechanical rooster is victorious over the silly pig and duck.
Back to this story. Although the rhymes were quite long and sometimes hard to say in a pleasing rhythmic way, it was entertaining. I liked the ingenious twist at the end that solves this curious puzzle of a rooster crowing at all times of the day. As I was reading, I wondered why the examples given were selected, but all was made clear at the end.
I think it can be confusing to read rhythmic writing, but the illustrations were very helpful in figuring out what was happening. I liked the style of art used--maybe colored pencils? The idea of a rooster wearing bifocals is funny and kids would probably be into it. This is definitely meant for a more experienced reader as there is a lot of text on each page (especially for the style).
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