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Chanticleer and the fox / adapted from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury tales ; and illustrated by Barbara Cooney.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, ©1986.Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0064430871
  • 9780064430876
  • 0690185626
  • 9780690185621
  • 9780690185614
  • 0690185618
  • 9781442088726
  • 1442088729
Uniform titles:
  • Nun's priest's tale
Related works:
  • Adaptation from (work) : Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Canterbury tales. Selections
  • Adaptataion of (work) : Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400. Nun's priest's tale
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Awards:
  • Caldecott Medal, 1959.
Summary: A sly fox tries to outwit a proud rooster through the use of flattery.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book 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
Total holds: 2

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.

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