The Little Cockerel

by Victor G. Ambrus

A poor old woman's pet fowl cleverly recovers a gold coin unjustly taken from his mistress by the Turkish Sultan.

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1968

About the author

Victor Ambrus (born László Győző Ambrus, 19 August 1935) was a British illustrator of history, folk tale, and animal story books. He also became known from his appearances on the Channel 4 television archaeology series Time Team, on which he visualised how sites under excavation may have once looked. Ambrus was an Associate of the Royal College of Art and a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers. He was also a patron of the Association of Archaeological Illustrators and Surveyors up until its merger with the Institute for Archaeologists in 2011.