Chanticleer and the Fox (Adaptation)
Content:
Chanticleer and the Fox by Author Unknown
Illustrator:
Barbara Cooney
Adaptor:
Barbara Cooney
Original title:
This adaption of the "Nun's Priest's Tale" from the Canterbury Tales, translated by Robert Mayer Lumiansky
Original author:
Geoffrey Chaucer
Publication:
1958 by Thomas Y. Crowell Company
Genre:
Classic Literature, Fables, Fiction, Picture Books
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One of the most delightful fables in our heritage is the story of the proud cock and the wily fox who flattered him. Chaucer told the story with vigorous rhythm and singing words; Barbara Cooney has adapted it for children and illustrated it with pictures as handsome as a medieval herbal.
Chanticleer was a merry rooster. "His comb was redder than fine coral and turreted like a castle wall, his bill was black and shone like jet, and his feathers were like burnished gold." He had several hens, the fairest of which was Partlet. It was a great joy to hear them sing together.
But one night a sorrowful event overtook them. A fox, tipped with black, and full of sly wickedness, burst through the hedge into the yard where Chanticleer and his wives were in the habit of going. The fox was clever, but he met his match in the rooster.
Barabara Cooney's pictures are the most beautiful this gifted artist has ever drawn. Richness of color, strength of line, and an abundance of detail will attract children to them time after time and bring new delight to each reading.
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