Chanticleer and the fox / adapted from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury tales ; and illustrated by Barbara Cooney.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, ©1986.Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 0064430871
- 9780064430876
- 0690185626
- 9780690185621
- 9780690185614
- 0690185618
- 9781442088726
- 1442088729
- Nun's priest's tale
- Caldecott Medal, 1959.
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's | 398.2452 C775 | 1959 | Checked out | Newbery/Caldecott Award Winner | 06/10/2024 | 33111011286263 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
King of the barnyard, Chanticleer struts about all day. When a fox bursts into his domain, dupes him into crowing, and then grabs him in a viselike grip, Chanticleer must do some quick thinking to save himself and his barnyard kingdom.
Winner, 1959 Caldecott Medal
Notable Children's Books of 1940-1970 (ALA)
Winner, 1992 Kerlan Award
"Adaptation of the 'Nun's priest's tale' from the Canterbury tales translated by Robert Mayer Lumiansky."--Title page verso.
Originally published: [New York : Crowell, 1958].
A sly fox tries to outwit a proud rooster through the use of flattery.
Caldecott Medal, 1959.