Author (last name first):
Lujan, Jorge
Publisher, Date of Publication:
Groundwood Books; Bilingual edition (March 31, 2004)
Grade Level/ or Age Level:
3rd-4th
Classification: Fiction
Rooster Gallo is a bilingual book. The book uses a poem to describe a rooster and the night. The book has short simple sentences and wonderful pictures that fill two pages per line of the creative poem. The color that is mostly used is blue because the poem illustrates the sky of the day. It uses a rooster singing to announce the day with the entrance with the sun. In the end the rooster eats the stars of the night to clear the sky and start a new day. The book can be used for phonological awareness since it uses a poem to attract the children's attention. The author's use of powerful words and figurative speech allows adults who are reading this book to their children or students to enjoy this symbolic poem. The book should be read with rhythm to let the student experience how words flow in a different style. This book can be helpful for teachers when introducing opposites to a class such as day and night. The rooster is the main focus of the book and he is on every entrance of a new line. At times he is just a shadow or he is the formation or a shape of a cloud/s. The author portrays the rooster as the leader of the day to show the reader/s its traditional role of opening the day by singing when the sun comes up.
Reviewed By: Citlaly Rivas (Midwestern State University Student in Dr. Linda Prieto's Class)
Rooster Gallo is a bilingual book. The book uses a poem to describe a rooster and the night. The book has short simple sentences and wonderful pictures that fill two pages per line of the creative poem. The color that is mostly used is blue because the poem illustrates the sky of the day. It uses a rooster singing to announce the day with the entrance with the sun. In the end the rooster eats the stars of the night to clear the sky and start a new day. The book can be used for phonological awareness since it uses a poem to attract the children's attention. The author's use of powerful words and figurative speech allows adults who are reading this book to their children or students to enjoy this symbolic poem. The book should be read with rhythm to let the student experience how words flow in a different style. This book can be helpful for teachers when introducing opposites to a class such as day and night. The rooster is the main focus of the book and he is on every entrance of a new line. At times he is just a shadow or he is the formation or a shape of a cloud/s. The author portrays the rooster as the leader of the day to show the reader/s its traditional role of opening the day by singing when the sun comes up.
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