Help Wanted: One Rooster
By (Author) Julie Falatko
Illustrated by Andrea Stegmaier
Penguin USA
Viking Books for Young Readers
23rd July 2024
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Farm animals
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Hardback
40
Width 276mm, Height 222mm, Spine 9mm
386g
A farm. Bucolic beauty, barns, and...sleepy animals everywhere This farm needs a rooster, and Cow is determined to find the perfect candidate. One rooster, who wakes up first thing in the morning, with a resounding cock-a-doodle-do-is that too much to ask YES! This tale of a frenzied farm and the beleaguered cow trying to keep it all together packs more than laughs. As each enthusiastic candidate learns- roostering isn't what you are, but what you do. And there's room for everyone. As long as they wake up early-er, I mean brew strong coffee-or is it press the big button-oh never mind. All are welcome! The search for the perfect rooster to save a struggling farm from chaos will leave readers howling-and trying out their very best cock-a-doodle-doo! A farm. Bucolic beauty, barns, and...sleepy animals everywhere This farm needs a rooster, and Cow is determined to find the perfect candidate. One rooster, who wakes up first thing in the morning, with a resounding cock-a-doodle-do-is that too much to ask YES! This tale of a frenzied farm and the beleaguered cow trying to keep it all together packs more than laughs. As each enthusiastic candidate learns- roostering isn't what you are, but what you do. And there's room for everyone. As long as they wake up early-er, I mean brew strong coffee-or is it press the big button-oh never mind. All are welcome!
Julie Falatko writes books for children. She is the author of the picture books Snappsy the Alligator (Did Not Ask to Be in This Book) and Snappsy the Alligator and His Best Friend Forever (Probably), No Boring Stories!, The Great Indoors, the Two Dogs in a Trench Coat chapter book series, and Rick the Rock of Room 214. Julie lives with her family in Maine, where she maintains the Little Free Library in front of their house. You can follow her at JulieFalatko.com. Andrea Stegmaier loves to make books. As a kid she made books for her dolls, later she made books for her kids, and now she makes books for everyone. She went to university to study architecture, but that's a different story. Andrea lives with her family in Stuttgart, a busy town in Germany. You can follow her at AndreaStegmaier.com.