01211cam a2200301 4500 503774312 TxAuBib 20140821120000.0 110127s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010053709 9781585366880 1585366889 TxAuBib 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. Michigan Reads! 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. 20140821. Stories in rhyme. Musicians Fiction. Jazz Fiction. Farm animals Fiction. Contests Fiction. Bowers, Tim. Michigan Reads!.