The Book of the Dun Cow is a novel by Walter Wangerin, Jr.. It is loosely based upon the beast fable of Chanticleer and the Fox adapted the story of The Nun's Priest's Tale from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
The book was awarded the National Book Award and The New York Times Best Children's Book of the Year. It was later remade into a musical by Mark St. Germain and Randy Courts, and produced as an Off-Broadway show in 2006 by The Prospect Theater ...
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The Book of the Dun Cow is a novel by Walter Wangerin, Jr.. It is loosely based upon the beast fable of Chanticleer and the Fox adapted the story of The Nun's Priest's Tale from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
The book was awarded the National Book Award and The New York Times Best Children's Book of the Year. It was later remade into a musical by Mark St. Germain and Randy Courts, and produced as an Off-Broadway show in 2006 by The Prospect Theater Company. Wangerin also wrote a sequel entitled The Book of Sorrows.
The novel begins with the introduction of the hero, Chauntecleer, a rooster in command of a company of hens, and the land surrounding his coop. The story takes place at a time when humans have not yet made an appearance upon the Earth (a time before the Book of Genesis). Animals have been put on earth before man in order to protect the world from an ancient evil Wyrm, which is trapped at the center of the Earth. Chauntecleer, while not a bad ruler, is a flawed character,...
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