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Ernest And Elston.


Ernest And Elston

Laura T. Barnes & Carol A. Canburn

Barnesyard Books

PO Box 254, Sergeantsville, NJ 08557

KSB KSB Kogod School of Business (American University)
KSB Kelley School of Business (Indiana University)
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Elston is a barnyard rooster rooster

its crowing at dawn heralds each new day. [Western Folklore: Leach, 329]

See : Dawn


rooster

symbol of maleness. [Folklore: Binder, 85]

See : Virility
 who thinks the other animals don't like him because it's his job to wake them up so early every morning. Ernest the donkey donkey: see ass.
donkey
 or burro

Descendant of the African wild ass that has been used as a beast of burden since 4000 BC. The average donkey stands about 40 in. (100 cm) high at the shoulder, but breeds range from 24 to 66 in.
 tries to persuade Ernest that he's got it all wrong. But Elston decides to quite being a rooster and become something else instead. An humorous adventure ensues as all Elston and the rest of the barnyard animals find out that it is their differences that make them each both special and useful to all the others. Ideal reading for children ages 4 through 8 (there's even a cute cute  
adj. cut·er, cut·est
1. Delightfully pretty or dainty.

2. Obviously contrived to charm; precious: "[He]
 little critter hiding on every page just waiting to be found!) and a popular addition to school and community library picturebook collections, Ernest And Elston is charmingly written "life lesson" by Laura T. Barnes and wonderfully illustrated with 32 watercolor works of art by Carol A. Canburn.
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