Wake Up, Henry Rooster!

By Margriet Ruurs

Book Overview

On the long list for the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for Illustration 2007

ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Bronze Award (Children's Picture Book category)

Shortlisted for the Blue Spruce Award 2007

Chocolate Lily nominee 2007-2008

Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice, 2007

He's no morning rooster

Henry's a young rooster who loves to have fun. He plays cards with the goats, listens to moosic with the cows, and pops corn with the pigs. After a long night of fun, however, Henry just can't get up early in the morning. His mom insists
he's not lazy; Henry just isn't a morning rooster. But Henry's father is off to a convention for a week - guess who must take his place and crow the sun up each morning?

Poor Henry. He's just not cut out for this crowing business. But if he doesn't find a way to make it to work on time, the sun won't rise when it's supposed to, the farmer and his wife will be late, and all the farm chores won't get done. They're all depending on Henry. Will he learn to be a morning rooster after all?

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550419528
• ISBN13: 9781550419528
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.4" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

An inspiring and entertaining tale of a young rooster's ultimate acceptance of his required tasks an

Wake Up, Henry Rooster! by Margriet Ruurs artfully combines an original story with illustrations from Sean Cassidy to create the fun and entertaining picturebook story of Henry the Rooster's late-night escapades. Following Henry through an original and creative tale as Henry's father leaves for a week to be in a Rooster's Union Convention, leaving poor Henry with carrying out a rooster's responsibility to make the sun come up on time, Wake Up, Henry Rooster! engages its young readers as his late hours activities and lifestyle prove the little rooster unfit for a job requiring him to get up so early in the morning. A welcome addition to any school or community picturebook collection, Wake Up, Henry Rooster! is recommended for children ages 5 to 8 as an inspiring and entertaining tale of a young rooster's ultimate acceptance of his required tasks and responsibilities.