I had a Rooster

by Laura Vaccaro Seeger, Pete Seeger (Foreword)

An amusing sing-song tale about a collection of noisy farm animals, including a cock-a-doodling rooster, quacking duck, and oinking pig, includes a CD recording of the folk song.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Animals

32 pages, Hardcover

First published October 8, 2012

About the author

Laura Vaccaro Seeger is a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator and the recipient of a 2008 Caldecott Honor, Theodor Seuss Geisel Honors for both 2009 and 2008, a 2007 New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award, and the 2007 Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Best Picture Book. Her books include First the Egg, The Hidden Alphabet, and Dog and Bear, among others.

Raised on Long Island, New York, Seeger began drawing at two years old and never stopped. For as long as she remembers, she wanted to write picture books. She received her B.F.A. degree at the School of Fine Art and Design at SUNY Purchase in Westchester, New York, and then moved to Manhattan, where she worked as an animator, artist, and editor in the network television business.

Seeger lives in Rockville Centre, Long Island, with her husband, Chris, their two sons, Drew and Dylan, and their dog, Copper. She loves painting, surfing, tennis, playing the piano, and spending time with her family. She takes long walks at the beach every day and paints in her studio every night.

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Reviews

[Vivian · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this edition because it includes a c.d. of the music AND sample drawings which are a sure hit with crowds when performing this song without the book.

The drawings are silly and require no skill. The performer makes a squiggle, pauses, makes another squiggle, pauses, adds some more lines, and in about four steps has created an animal, at which point a verse is sung. This is repeated for every verse and is great fun.

However, if this is being shared with children at home the drawing part of the experience is unnecessary. Just enjoy the pictures provided in this spiral bound edition.

[Amy Hardy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a great way to introduce animals and their sounds through song. The book starts with a rooster and as you turn the pages, more and more animals come into the song. The meowing cat, the quacking duck are just a few of the animals is this book. I can see my students reading this over and over, while their singing. The illustrations are so bright and colorful that you can't help getting caught up into the folksong. There's even a CD that comes along with the book that you could use in the classroom. I would use it for PreK-1 graders. This brought back many memories of my mother teaching my brothers and I song about animals on a farm and their sounds.

[Sue · Rating 5 out of 5]

Counting book includes die cuts for the reader to discover words within words in this innovative story about one boy all alone with his paintbrush and vivid imagination.

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

Is Laura related to Pete? I love the format of this book. I wish I had time to listen to the song! Thanks for the fun!