Alexander, Kwame.

Acoustic Rooster and his barnyard band / written by Kwame Alexander ; illustrated by Tim Bowers. - Ann Arbor, MI : Sleeping Bear Press, 2011. - 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

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.

ISBN: 9781585366880 1585366889

LCCN: 2010053709

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Stories in rhyme.
Musicians--Fiction.
Jazz
Domestic animals--Fiction.
Contests--Fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: [E]