The Stranger and the Red Rooster / El forastero y el gallo rojo
Illustrator
José Jara
Publisher
Pinata Books
Publication Year
2006
ISBN
9781558854208
Pages
26 pages
Genre
realism
Format
picture book
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When a tall, thin stranger with a horribly scarred face comes to Carlbad, California, everyone is afraid of him until he and his big red rooster make them laugh.
Grade Level
PK-1
Diversity Topics
Disability and Health; Physical appearance; facial scars
Main Character
adult male
Race/Ethnicities
Mexican American
Family Formation
mother and father
Keywords
rooster; stranger; neighborhood; church; bugs; yellow ribbon; English/Spanish
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Villaseñor, Víctor and Ventura, Gabriela Baeza, "The Stranger and the Red Rooster / El forastero y el gallo rojo" (2006). Diverse Families. 1652.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1652