The Little Tiny Rooster

A little tiny rooster proves he can be of use in the barnyard despite his size.

A story of a small rooster who is scorned by his fellow creatures in the barnyard because of his size until they realize the value of his voice.

The Little Rooster turns an analytic eye on everything that happens around him. He seeks advice from elders and asks for explanation. As an answer, he finds, ambition, pride, and stubbornness. The Little Rooster disagrees with obsolete and absurd behaviors that lead to clashes and death. He decides to change that way of living. He travels around the world carrying his message: mutual respect, stopping the mistreatment of female chickens, not abusing baby chickens, loving and protecting the environment. During his trip, he escapes many times from emboldened groups that want to kill him for altering their world. Finally, he has no alternative; he has to face them and decides to fight. The result of the battle brings changes that will affect life.

In an eventful summer, adolescent Burris makes and loses a friend, falls in love, loses his virginity, and is betrayed by his love.

A humble animal provides the solution to a severe problem.

Two dogs each claim a bone they have found and ask passersby for help in deciding ownership.

A short rhyming children's book about a rooster who can't speak and his friends helping him. In the end it's up to Ronnie the Rooster to help them! An exciting tale of heroism and never giving up. Written to be read to small children but could also be a good early reader with adult help.

One fine morning, a rooster decided he wanted to travel. In this mini-book edition, using strikingly designed, colorful collage illustrations and a beguiling simple text, Eric Carle takes his young readers on a trip with the rooster and his companions. As he travels, the rooster is joined by two cats, three frogs, four turtles, and five fish, offering the child a graphic introduction to the meaning of numbers, number sets, and addition within the context of an entertaining story. When night falls, the rooster’s friends find he has made no provisions for their food or shelter and, disappointed, they abandon the expedition—once again in sets of five, four, three, and two, but this time in a declining series. Finally the rooster, too, decides that he has seen enough of the world and that he is, in fact, a little bit homesick. Eric Carle believes in letting children make learning discoveries at their own pace. This book can be read and enjoyed for its story and its beautiful illustrations alone; however, the child who is ready to begin to think mathematically will find additional pleasures in the opportunities presented in the text, the pictures and the diagrams for learning basic arithmetic concepts.