The animals of the farmyard rebel against Farmer Jones in the name of equality. A farm is taken over by its overworked, mistreated animals. With flaming idealism and stirring slogans, they set out to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality. Thus the stage is set for one of the most telling satiric fables ever penned--a razor-edged fairy tale for grown-ups that records the evolution from revolution against tyranny to a totalitarianism...

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.

When Dog wakes up early, in the middle of the night, he launches all the other farm animals in a worried search for the missing sun.

When Suzy Sue settles down to go to sleep, she finds that she is sharing her bed with a cow, a horse, a sheep, and a goat.

An enterprising chicken attempts to help an artist paint the barnyard and accidentally turns the whole picture blue.

A group of barnyard animals pick up their instruments and gather to perform for the waiting crowd, but they need someone to lead them.

"Meet Poco Loco. He's a very unusual ratón. He likes to invent wacky things. When Poco Loco's Waffle Iron-Weather Forecaster predicts mal tiempo, Poco Loco runs to tell his barnyard friends. But it's still sunny out, and the other animals don't believe him. Then a roar of wind whips through their picnic, and Poco Loco and his friends fly up, up, and away. But never fear! Poco Loco will use his wits (and one crazy invention) to save the day!"--P....

While on a visit to his grandparents' farm, Max and his friend Don have fun helping with the chores.

When Pig plops into his sty at bedtime, he finds Cow sleeping there and must send her off to her stall, setting off a chain reaction of animals being awakened to move to their own beds.