Petook: The Rooster Who Met Jesus by Tomie dePaola wordless picture books - Caldecott Honor Award from

- Caldecott Honor Award from American Library Association

The first twenty-one months of the American Revolution--which began at Lexington and ended at Princeton--was the story of a ragged group of militiamen and soldiers fighting to forge a new nation

One of the narrative's strengths is Anderson's ability to create realistically flawed yet often appealing characters and relationships

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Petook: The Rooster Who Met Jesus by Tomie dePaola wordless picture books - Caldecott Honor Award fromPetook is a snowy white rooster and proud of his wife's new brood of chicks, and quick to protect them from an intruding young stranger named Jesus walking through the garden. But when he sees the child kneeling in wonder and caressing his newborn chicks, Petook is soothed and crows happily. Years later, Petook, whose home is in sight of Calvary's hill, is awaiting another hatching and becomes strangely agitated when he sees men being lifted onto