Chanticleer and the Fox
Written Geoffrey Chaucer
Illustrator: and adapted by Barbara Cooney
Publisher: Thomas Y Crowell Company 1958
Genre: Picture books and Fables
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Summary: There was an old widow who just managed to keep herself and her daughters alive, through the things that she produced on her farm. She had a rooster called Chanticler and 7 hens. Chanticleer had a dream that a beast that looked like a fox entered his yard and he nearly died of fear at the sight of him. One day, a fox got into the yard and he tricks Chanticleer into sings with his neck extended and his eyes closed. As he was singing, the fox jumped forward, grabbed him by the neck and took him into the forest. Every creature and the woman and her daughters ran after the fox. Chanticleer tricks the fox into speaking to them and when he opens his mouthl, Chanticleer flies into a tree. The fox tries to get Chanticleer to come down, but Chanticleer doesn’t listen and the fox left and Chanticleer taken back to the farmyard.
Never trust in flattery.
Response: I liked this book and it has a wonderful moral.
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