Petook: The Rooster Who Met Jesus by Tomie dePaola eating journal an acacia seed in Australia

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2016 Washington State Book Award Finalist

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Prepare to love the darkness

This beautiful book is the latest addition to the National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book series

Petook: The Rooster Who Met Jesus by Tomie dePaola eating journal an acacia seed in AustraliaPetook is a snowy white rooster and proud of his wife's new brood of chicks, and quick to protect them from an intruding young stranger named Jesus walking through the garden. But when he sees the child kneeling in wonder and caressing his newborn chicks, Petook is soothed and crows happily. Years later, Petook, whose home is in sight of Calvary's hill, is awaiting another hatching and becomes strangely agitated when he sees men being lifted onto