Bawk & Roll

K-Gr 2—Get ready to rock with another tongue-in-beak tale from Sauer and Santat. Marge and Lola enjoy backup dancing for the flashy Elvis Poultry on their home turf, but going out on the road overwhelms them. They tremble, fan their wattles, and faint at each performance despite relaxation techniques like bubble baths, painting, and imagining their animal audience in their "tightie whities." Elvis's patience wears thin, until the hens cross the road to send a letter to the home crowd, who appear in the front row at the next performance, giving the bedazzling chickens confidence to shout out for Dale's Dairy Farm residents to "show their mooooooves." The superstars hit the top of the charts and take their biggest fans on the tour bus. Sauer supplies just the right amount of puns, and Santat's outrageous Vegas showbiz illustrations beg for repeated examination. The book jacket models an LP cover, including song titles like "Love Me Tofu Tender." Get your ticket soon!—Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA