Acoustic Rooster and his barnyard band

By Tim Bowers, Kwame Alexander

Subjects: Musicians, fiction, Stories in rhyme, Domestic animals, Jazz, fiction, Jazz, Domestic animals, fiction, Fiction, Musicians, Children's fiction, Contests, fiction, Contests

Description: Acoustic Rooster forms a jazz band with Duck Ellington, Bee Holliday, and Pepe Ernesto Cruz to compete in the annual Barnyard Talent Show against such greats as Thelonius Steer, Mules Davis, and Ella Finchgerald. Includes glossary, notes on the characters and songs, and jazz timeline.