AYLESWORTH, Jim

PreS-Gr 2—This new adaptation of the Yiddish folk song presented in Simms Taback's Joseph Had a Little Overcoat (Viking, 1999) and Phoebe Gilman's Something from Nothing (Scholastic, 1992) is a fresh rhythmic retelling with charming cartoon-style illustrations that deserves a place even in collections that own the other two...

PreS-Gr 1—"Rooster crows,/Cock-a-doodle-doo" and "Ham pop-pops/In the frying pan" to waken this jovial farm family as the various members launch into a rhythmic romp through a typically busy day...