Clyde is the new rooster at Sunrise Farm. But he’s having trouble fitting in and replacing Larry—the beloved rooster whose wake-up calls were legendary. The cow, the gaggle of hens, and the sheep reminisce about Larry while poor Clyde fails to croon the farmyard awake with the same finesse. Clyde attempts to win over the farm by wearing an elaborate costume and putting on a show like Larry was known to do, but in the end, Clyde realizes that imitating Larry is not the way to succeed.
Awards
SELECTION 2016 - Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices SELECTION 2016 - Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year HONOR 2016 - Ezra Jack Keats Book Award
When Larry was called off to new opportunities, Sunrise Farm suddenly found itself without its prized rooster. The animals overslept and no one knew what to do. “Not to worry,” soothed Farmer Jay. “We have a plan,” added Farmer Kevin.
SELECTION
| 2016 Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
SELECTION
| 2016 Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices
HONOR
| 2016 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award
Megan Dowd Lambert is an instructor at the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College, where she previously earned her master's degree in children's literature. She writes about books and parenting for the Horn Book Magazine, has sat on a Caldecott Committee, and worked at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art for many years before writing A Crow of His Own, her first picture book.
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David Hyde Costello has worked as a scenic designer for motion pictures and the stage. He is the author/illustrator of Here They Come! (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) and I Can Help (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), and Little Pig Joins the Band. He is also the illustrator of the Ezra Jack Keats Honor Book, A Crow of His Own. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.
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Clyde is the new rooster at Sunrise Farm. But he’s having trouble fitting in and replacing Larry—the beloved rooster whose wake-up calls were legendary. The cow, the gaggle of hens, and the sheep reminisce about Larry while poor Clyde fails to croon the farmyard awake with the same finesse. Clyde attempts to win over the farm by wearing an elaborate costume and putting on a show like Larry was known to do, but in the end, Clyde realizes that imitating Larry is not the way to succeed.
Awards
SELECTION 2016 - Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices SELECTION 2016 - Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year HONOR 2016 - Ezra Jack Keats Book Award
Excerpt
When Larry was called off to new opportunities, Sunrise Farm suddenly found itself without its prized rooster. The animals overslept and no one knew what to do. “Not to worry,” soothed Farmer Jay. “We have a plan,” added Farmer Kevin.
SELECTION
| 2016 Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
SELECTION
| 2016 Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices
HONOR
| 2016 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award
Author
Megan Dowd Lambert is an instructor at the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College, where she previously earned her master's degree in children's literature. She writes about books and parenting for the Horn Book Magazine, has sat on a Caldecott Committee, and worked at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art for many years before writing A Crow of His Own, her first picture book.
View titles by Megan Dowd Lambert
David Hyde Costello has worked as a scenic designer for motion pictures and the stage. He is the author/illustrator of Here They Come! (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) and I Can Help (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), and Little Pig Joins the Band. He is also the illustrator of the Ezra Jack Keats Honor Book, A Crow of His Own. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.
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