Rooster Summer

Based on award-winning poet Heidbreder's childhood, this irresistible novel in verse shows the tender relationship between children and their grandparents. Kloepper brings the cast of lovable human and animal characters to life with her vintage art style. Full color.

A propos de l'auteur

ROBERT HEIDBREDER is an award-winning children's poet and author. His many books include I Wished for a Unicorn, Drumheller Dinosaur Dance, Song for a Summer Night and Rooster Summer. Robert spent thirty years as a primary school teacher and has won the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, and continues to do many school and festival presentations.

Résumé

Spend a rooster summer on the farm with these irresistible read-aloud poems.
For the brother and sister in this novel in verse, each day begins with a barnyard wakeup call. During a summer spent on their grandparents’ farm, they collect eggs from the chicken coop, put on shows for city folks in passing trains, fill in for the farm dog by barking the cows home and dance around the perfectly ripening watermelon growing in Grandma’s garden. All of these barnyard adventures happen in the company of Rexter the rooster, Seed-Sack the mule and Ginger-Tea the farm dog — animal friends that will steal readers’ hearts over the course of a carefree rooster summer.
Based on award-winning poet Robert Heidbreder’s childhood, these irresistible read-aloud poems show the tender relationship between children and their grandparents. Madeline Kloepper brings the cast of lovable human and animal characters to life with her vintage art style. This early novel in verse about the simple joys of childhood on a farm is nostalgic yet timeless.
Key Text Features
poems
illustrations
headings
table of contents
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3
Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.2.4
Describe how words and phrases (e.g., regular beats, alliteration, rhymes, repeated lines) supply rhythm and meaning in a story, poem, or song.

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Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Robert Heidbreder, Heidbreder Robert
• Collaboration: Madeline Kloepper (Illustrations), Kloepper Madeline (Illustrations)
• Edition: Ingram Publishers Services
• Langues: Anglais
• Recommandation d'âge: à partir de 7 ans
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781554989317
• ISBN: 978-1-55498-931-7
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 215 mm x 11 mm
• Poids: 299 g
• Illustrations: 18 color illustrations
• Catégories: Livres pour enfants et adolescents; JUVENILE FICTION / Family / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Poetry / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Farm Animals, JUVENILE FICTION / Lifestyles / Farm & Ranch Life, JUVENILE FICTION / Lifestyles / Country Life, People & places (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Poetry (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage: Poetry, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Farm animals, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Rural and farm life, table of contents, fiction; poetry; poems; illustrations; headings