Brewster the Rooster
What's wrong with Brewster? Instead of waking up the farm every morning with his prize-winning crowing, he crows at very odd times: when young Topper is ready to throw a ball; when Zeb is standing on a ladder painting the barn; when Grandma Pearl is flipping hotcakes; and when Magnolia is watering her daisies. The family takes Brewster to Doc Sawyer, who says fever, flu, and infected feathers are unlikely, so he tapes up Brewster's beak. Then little Julie pipes up, He needs glasses! Of course. All of the strange incidents that caused the rooster to crow are sunlike shapes and colors. Luckily, the doc is also a rooster optician, who helps the newly bespectacled Brewster to crow right on time. The exaggerated illustrations heighten the humor of the comic figures and whimsically rhymed story. Though kids won't necessarily pick up the nearsighted clues, they'll find Brewster is a fowlishly funny rooster. Cummins, Julie