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When a case of chicken measles steals the voice of the blue-headed rooster who used to crow all day long, his friend, a plain brown hen, brings musicians to remind him to sing and save him from becoming "quiet rooster stew."

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Main Author: Martin, Jacqueline Briggs
Other Authors: Sweet, Melissa, 1956- (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
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Roosters > Juvenile fiction.
Singing > Juvenile fiction.
Chickens > Juvenile fiction.
Parties > Juvenile fiction.
Farm life > Louisiana > Juvenile fiction.
Louisiana > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:When a case of chicken measles steals the voice of the blue-headed rooster who used to crow all day long, his friend, a plain brown hen, brings musicians to remind him to sing and save him from becoming "quiet rooster stew."
Physical Description:1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. , 1 map ; 28 cm.
ISBN:9780618507597 (hc.)
0618507590 (hc.)
9781428739512 (BWI bdg.)
1428739513 (BWI bdg.)
Author Notes:Melissa Sweet is the Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator of many fine children's books including Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White , winner of the NCTE Orbis Pictus award, Balloons Over Broadway , a Sibert winner, and The Right Word and A River of Words , both Caldecott Honors. Reviewers have described her unique mixed-media illustrations as exuberant," "outstanding," and "a creative delight." Melissa lives on the beautiful coast of Maine. In addition to writing and painting, she enjoys gardening, hiking, biking, and cross-country skiing. For more information about the author and her work, visit her online at melissasweet.net. Jacqueline Briggs Martin is the author of Snowflake Bentley, winner of the 1999 Caldecott Medal, and The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish, an ALA Notable Book, a Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book, Riverbank Review Finalist, Notable Social Studies Trade book and winner of The Golden Kite Award for Illustration. She grew up on a farm in Maine much like the one in this story. She lives in Mt. Vernon, Iowa."

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