Author: - Adapted from Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Title: - Chanticleer and the Fox
Illustrator: - Barbara Cooney
Publisher: - HarperCollins
Year: - 1958
Format: - Hardcover
Genre: - Fable
Reading Level: - Assisted
Interest Level: - Elementary
Topics: - Fable, Caldecott Medal, Cantervury Tales, Roosters
Summary: - This adapted story tells the tale of a talking rooster named Chanticleer. Chanticleer has a dream that a scary beast emerges from the bushes and attacks him. Because they had never seen such a creature, Chanticleer's favorite hen convinces him that there is nothing to worry about. However, a fox emerges from the bushes and tricks Chanticleer into cuckcooing so that the fox can grab Chanticleer's neck in his mouth. As the fox runs away with Chanticleer, Chanticleer is able to trick the fox into speaking. This gives Chanticleer the chance to escape and return to his home.
Extension Activity: - Students will brainstorm what the morale of the story is. When they decide on the morale, they will make a comic book story that focuses on that same morale and uses animal characters.
-Students will read the original story from the original Canterbury Tales to compare and contrast with this adaptation.
