¡ El gallo que no se callaba! / The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet!

Deedy, C. A. (2017). ¡ El gallo que no se callaba! / The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet!. New York, NY: Scholastic Espanol

48 pages, Preschool-3, Picture Book/Fiction, ISBN 978-0545722889.

Carmen Deedy is an author of many award-winning books. Although this book did not win an award she still did an amazing work in using allegories to teach and connect with the readers.  This picture/fiction book is about the noisy village of La Paz. The citizens in La Paz enjoy and love singing. Everyone sing their own favorite songs and don’t really care about the noise it is making in their village. As the time goes by, the noise becomes the number problem in their village. After the old mayor’s term, they voted a new mayor. One candidate’s promise is a quiet and peaceful environment in the village. The next morning, it was known in the whole village that he won. He then proceeds in making new laws in the place. Being quiet, meaning NO LOUD SINGING AT HOME. Then became NO LOUD SINGING to NO SINGING. And all of them just need to QUIET! The noisy village becomes the quietest place. Nobody ever wanted to sing. After seven years of peace, a gallito and his family wander in the village and started to make noises by singing which really annoys the Mayor. The mayor even wanted to kill the Rooster just to make him stop from singing, but this Rooster always finds a reason why he needs to sing. Nobody and nothing can stop him from singing. Then, he made the people in the village what they missed in their lives from not doing what they want. Lastly, everyone started singing again and loving what they are doing.

I really like the story and the moral lesson that we can get from it. There will always be times where we will stop doing what we love because of some reason. But this story will teach every reader that there should not be any reason for them to stop doing what they love, o stop doing that makes them happy and to stop pursuing their passion. We can learn from this story that there will be people that will hinder us from being happy and from being successful in life. But, we should always find the way to make things happen no matter what.

Reviewed by: Jonna L.