title: The Impudent Rooster
author: Sabina Rascol
description: Kindergarten-Grade 4-This vibrantly illustrated adaptation of a traditional story describes how loyalty can triumph over adversity. A poor elderly man has only his beloved rooster for company. One day, however, he speaks harshly to him, and the bird leaves "not knowing or caring where he went." He finds a small purse of coins but a greedy nobleman steals it. The rooster runs after the rich man, who tries to drown, burn, starve, and trample the rooster, but the fowl keeps finding a way out of each situation, growing larger as he swallows his enemy's treasure and cattle. The rooster finally regains the coin purse. He returns to the old man, who greets him with joy, and the two live richly, and happily ever after. The fast-paced action and a repeated refrain ("Cucurigu, my great lord!/Give back the pennies you stole") will grab readers' attention. The language flows smoothly and reads aloud well. The large folk-art paintings, done in watercolors and colored pencils, depict brightly clothed characters, detailed backdrops, and a hero who grows in stature along with his deeds.<I>-Janet M. Bair, Trumbull Library, CT</I> <BR>Copyright &copy; Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  SONS of ROME
  Book Two
   
  RED ROOSTER
  by
  Lauren Gilley
   
   
   
   
   
  HP Press
   
  This is a work of fiction. Names, places, and events are purely fictional, or, in the
  instance of real historical figures, are used fictitiously. All rights reserved. No part
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  result in legal action.
  
   
  RED ROOSTER
   
  ISBN – 13 : 97 8 -198 6 58 8 7 3 7
   
  Copyright ©  20 18  by Lauren Gilley
   
  Cover Image “Pattern with farm rooster silhouette” copyright ©  Stock Illustration
   
  Cover Design copyright ©  20 18  by Lauren Gilley
   
   
   
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  The Sons of  Rome Series:
   
  “The Stalker”
  White Wolf
  Red Rooster
   
  
   
  The Players We’ve Met So Far:
   
   
  Nikita Baskin: Former Chekist from the Soviet Union, and a secret
  White loyal to the late Tsar Nicholas. Vampire currently living in
  Manhattan.
   
  Aleksand