The morning sun is rising, but where's Ned's cock-a-doodle-doo? Ned's just not a morning bird. Daisy Mae and the other farm hens have an egg business to run, and they've no use for a lazy, mixed-up rooster. It's time to call in another rooster!

So what's Ned to do? To his surprise, when a crisis occurs, Ned finds his very own calling after all.

The Mixed-Up rooster is a funny read-aloud with a gentle lesson: It's okay to be different.