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  • Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band

Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band

Author
Kwame Alexander
Illustrator
Tim Bowers
Publication Date
August 22, 2011
Genre / Grade Band
Fiction /  2nd − 3rd
Language
English
Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band
Only 5 copies currently available
Description
Acoustic Rooster forms a jazz band with Duck Ellington, Bee Holliday, and Pepe Ernesto Cruz to compete in the annual Barnyard Talent Show against such greats as Thelonius Steer, Mules Davis, and Ella Finchgerald. Includes glossary, notes on the characters and songs, and jazz timeline. Illustrations.
Publication date
August 22, 2011
Genre
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781585366880
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
BISAC categories
JUV002090 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Farm Animals
JUV031040 - Juvenile Fiction | Performing Arts | Music
Library of Congress categories
Stories in rhyme
Musicians
Domestic animals
Contests
Jazz

School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 2--This delightful picture book explores the rich history of jazz via a story about a guitar-playing rooster who sets out to compete in the annual Barnyard Talent Show to find the farm's best band. Rooster would like to join Thelonius Monkey's crew, but the rules don't permit zoo animals. Ella Finchgerald has a trio, but Rooster doesn't scat. He decides to form his own band. "So, he went to see his cousin, /a pianist of great fame./And found him on the riverbank./Duck Ellington's his name." Duck, in top hat and bow tie, takes Rooster to the famed Cotton Club to hear Bee Holiday and other jazzy animals perform. Although the barnyard chicks "swoon" when Rooster's group plays The Hen from Ipanema, not even an encore in "grand finale style" wins the band first prize. Still, shades-wearing Mules Davis's comment, "That Rooster sure can play," leads to a satisfying ending. The large illustrations are done in bold colors and have humorous, jazzy details. Notes on "Musicians, Characters, and Music" are included in the back matter. Children who enjoyed Jarrett J. Krosoczka's Punk Farm (Knopf, 2005) will be taken with this one.--Keisha M. Miller, South Orange Public Library, NJ

Copyright 2011 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
Kwame Alexander
Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, and New York Times bestselling author of more than 35 books, including the Caldecott Medal and Newbery Honor-winning picture book The Undefeated, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, the Coretta Scott king Illustrator Award-winning picture book American Story, the Newbery medal-winning novel, The Crossover, Becoming Muhammad Ali, co-authored with James Patterson, Booked, which was longlisted for the National Book Award, Rebound, Solo and Swing. A regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition, Kwame is also the recipient of numerous other awards, including the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, the Coretta Scott King Author Honor, three NAACP Image Award Nominations, and the 2017 Inaugural Pat Conroy Legacy Award. He invites you to visit him at kwamealexander.com on IG and Twitter @kwamealexander.

Kwame Alexander es poeta, educador, editor y autor de más de 35 libros, incluidos el libro ilustrado ganador de la Medalla Caldecott y el Honor Newbery The Undefeated, ilustrado por Kadir Nelson, el libro ilustrado ganador del Premio al Ilustrador Coretta Scott King American Story, la novela ganadora de la medalla Newbery The Crossover, Becoming Muhammad Ali, coescrita con James Patterson, Booked, que fue preseleccionada para el National Book Award, Rebound, Solo y Swing. Colaborador habitual de Morning Edition de NPR, Kwame también ha recibido numerosos premios, incluido el Premio de Poesía Lee Bennett Hopkins, el Honor de Autor Coretta Scott King, tres nominaciones al Premio NAACP Image y el Premio Pat Conroy Legacy inaugural de 2017. Te invita a visitarlo en kwamealexander.com en IG y Twitter @kwamealexander.
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