Bantam of the Opera Author:Mary Jane Auch Luigi is bantam rooster who likes to add a little artistic flair to the rooster's standard "cock-a-doodle-doo." Because no one else on the farm seems to appreciate Luigi's artistic dreams, he fears he'll never find a place to fit in until the fateful day he hears something on the radio that changes his life forever -- opera. Determined to become... more » an opera singer, Luigi hides in the back of the farmer's truck and soon finds himself in the big city seeking a position with the Cosmopolitan Opera Company.« less
A colorfully illustrated picture book for k-3 grade. Luigi the bantam rooster gets in trouble at the farm for his variations on cock-a-doodle-doo so he joins the Cosmopolitan Opera and ends up singing Rigoletto.