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1959 Caldecott
Cooney, Barbara.  Chanticleer and the Fox.  New York: Crowell, 1958. 

Chanticleer the rooster has a happy life. He has seven chicken wives, and he loves to sing.  One day, a fox flatters Chanticleer into singing for him, only to grab the rosster by the neck and carry him away. Will poor Chanticleer escape?  A retelling of one of  The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. (AB) 

Caldecott--1950s