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Taken and adapted from the Canterbury Tales The story itself is deeper than many picture books today I liked that it actually had difficult vocabulary words as it s never too early to start building a robust vocabulary for your children Chanticleer and the Fox I enjoyed Chanticleer though I m not sure it will be especially memorable for me I m already a Barbara Cooney fan and I thought her illustrations were great a delightful blend of bold and realistic with a touch of softness and charm One of my favorite illustrations includes the daughter hugging the sheep so sweet I haven t read the original.

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Not my favorite Caldecott It s language is quite difficult so if you are reading this to younger children you may need to change the words to ones they can understand If I were going to use this in a classroom I would use it in older grades Possibly 5th grade and up When I taught 7th and 8th grade Literature I often used picture book to help simplify teaching difficult literary elements The pictures are old world style and are different than many other books I have read 3 stars Chanticleer and the Fox Caldecott Winner 1959 We enjoyed this story about the rooster who was persuaded to sing when the fox slyly complements his singing ability I love this wisdom this book provides This was a little over the head of my kindergartener but it was perfect for my fifth grader So I ll read it again to my kindergartener when he is in fifth grade Chanticleer and the Fox The illustrations in this book are beautiful It definitely deserved the Caldecott Medal The pictures fit the story so well and I love the style and the bright colors. Chanticleer and the foxjolts It would never have occurred to me to adapt Chaucer into a children s book Although my three year old son didn t find the story terribly interesting except for the naughty fox it was a nice change of pace for me Chanticleer and the Fox My 6 year old son Daniel says I loved all the animals 5 stars Chanticleer and the Fox A fable about the dangers of flattery Chanticleer and the Fox Barbara Cooney was an American writer and illustrator of 110 childrens books published over sixty years She received two Caldecott Medals for her work on Chanticleer and the Fox and Ox Cart Man and a National Book Award for Miss Rumphius Her books have been translated into 10 languages Barbara Cooney was an American writer and illustrator of 110 children s books published over sixty years She received two Caldecott Medals for her work on Chanticleer and the Fox and Ox Cart Man and a National Book Award for Miss Rumphius Her books have been translated into 10 languages site_link 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 Chanticleer and the FoxAnother Caldecott winner This one based on one of Chaucer s Canterbury Tales It s been so long I don t remember the original tale The illustrations are charming if not too detailed The story of this proud rooster didn t do much for me I didn t particularly care what happened to Chanticleer the gorgeous proud rooster with 7 wives although I do like stories about outsmarting foxes We did get to practice some new words though azure sow grove I enjoyed reading it a bit than the 7 year old He plodded through it Chanticleer and the Fox Alas my Wednesday Night Working with Celeste on the Kids Floor will be moved to Thursdays until further notice I don t know what other books were competing for the Caldecot for 1958 but this book is really charming I like the bold graphics and simple colors but the detail and clean lines were beautiful A cute Aesop ish tale so I can t compare but felt that the adaptation was fairly readable and relatable for modern children but also retained a bit of it s old world flavor Chanticleer and the Fox I enjoyed this tale I also enjoyed the Canterbury Tales in school and this is adapted from Nun s Priests Tale For once the fox is outsmarted by someone else How about them apples Chanticleer is a beautiful rooster I think the page with detail of him is really beautiful I can t say I m a huge fan of roosters but it makes for a good tale The artwork here reminds me of Sleeping Beauty and that time period. Chanticleer and the fox characters I did read this to the kids and they thought it was good too They gave it 4 stars The nephew still enjoys talking animal stories Chanticleer and the Fox I find it interesting that so many of the comments on this book were about the vocabulary being too big azure sow debonair and the story being too long to hold the attention of small children I think this speaks to the fact that in our rush to get children to read chapter books we stop reading them picture books by the time they are 6 or 7 That wasn t true when this book was printed 1959 Even after kids learned to read parent and teachers continued to read picture books to kids And the wonderful thing about picture books is that because it s expected that they ll be read aloud the vocabulary IS bigger and thank goodness because mama needs something to keep her interest and to stay awake. Chanticleer and the fox epub free Logan is 9 and enjoyed this re telling of the Nun Priest s Tale from Chaucer s Canterbury Tales in which a vain rooster gives in to the flattery of a fox and thereby nearly loses his life The text retains some medieval flavor without sounding too stilted and if you like Barbara Cooney as I do prepare to be surprised by her illustrations which are so different and yet just as wonderful as her usual style She studied medieval illuminated manuscripts for this project and married their style to her own to produce pictures that evoke the time but have movement and emotion Done in a limited color palette some resemble woodcuts Chanticleer and the Fox