Rooster / Gallo - Hardcover

Lujan, Jorge Elias

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 088899558X ISBN 13: 9780888995582

Publisher: Groundwood Books, 2004

Synopsis

The song of the rooster draws forth the universe and gives way to the dance of beings and objects as day draws its first brilliant breath. This book is so supremely simple that a baby can delight in it, and yet so complex that an adult reader can find joy in the poem and beautiful images over and over again. Jorge Luján dreamed this myth and, when he wrote it, understood that the rooster is the poet of the day. Manuel Monroy dipped his pen in the ink of the night and, when he withdrew it, found it was spangled with stars.

The poem in this delightful picture book is bilingual, printed in both English and Spanish.

About this title

About the Author:

Jorge Elias Lujan is a past winner of the Poetry Prize of the Argentine Association of Children's Literature.

From Booklist:

PreS-Gr. 1. This small book at first seems like simplicity itself, but there's a sense of wonder here that will entice children who are following along in either English or Spanish. The text is short. In English it reads: "The rooster opens its beak / and up comes the sun. / The sun opens its hand / and the day is born. The day is surprised when night / spreads its cloak and fills it with stars that the rooster can eat / and so clears the sky for a / new day." Each line appears on a page of the trim book, with the English translation under the Spanish words. The richly colored spreads are evocative as a blue rooster watches night slip into day and day slip back into night. Sunshine, stars, and clouds sprinkle the pages, but it is the rooster that draws readers in, bringing the day, savoring the night. Ilene Cooper
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About this edition

• Publisher: Groundwood Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 088899558X
• ISBN 13: 9780888995582
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 24
• Illustrator: Monroy Manuel