Why Did The Chicken Cross My Blog?
To get her book reviewed of course!
I have a dynamic duo of delightful chicken picture books to tell you about!
Henny
Written and Illustrated by Elizabeth Rose Stanton
40 pages – ages 4+
Published by Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books on January 7, 2014
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Summary (from the inside jacket) – “Henny wasn’t a typical chicken. Henny had arms. And dreams. And plans. Big Plans.”
What I thought – This is a hilarious picture book about being unique! Henny isn’t sure what to do with her arms – she liked them, yet she didn’t like them. They made her different (good), and they made her different (bad). This is a wonderful story about finding yourself. Henny doesn’t know what to do with her arms and the results are awesome! Here is an example of what I mean (plus you get to see the awesome illustrations):
See what I mean? Ms. Stanton has created a wonderful story about a unique chicken with a wonderful meaning – be yourself.
I give Henny five out of five bookworms!
To learn more about Henny, please visit the publisher’s website HERE.
To learn more about Ms. Stanton and her other works, please visit her website HERE.
Brave Chicken Little
Retold and Illustrated by Robert Byrd
40 pages – ages 4+
Published by Viking Juvenile on August 7, 2014
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Summary (from the inside jacket) –
“Whack!
What’s that?
Could it be? A piece of the sky!
Oh my!
Chicken Little and his friends run, run, run to tell the king. Nothing stands in the way except…the sly Foxy Loxy. Surely they have time to stop for lunch with Foxy and his kits. But what happens when Chicken Little and company find themselves on the menu?
What this classic story needs is a new ending and a brave hero. And maybe this time, it’s Chicken Little!”
What I thought – This book is a marvelous retelling of “Chicken Little”! I love that our young chick here is a real problem-solver. When faced with a serious situation, he calmly handles it (unlike in the original story). The illustrations are breath-taking, and I think it is really cool how they have an old-time feeling to them. I like that the clothes match the time period the art style portrays. Mr. Byrd has written a wonderful version of Chicken Little while still keeping the great fairytale feel to the story!
I give this 5 out of 5 bookworms!
To learn more about this great re-telling of the classic story, please visit the publisher’s website HERE.
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Categories: Age 1-5
Hooray for chickens! Thank you, Erik! Bwwwaaak!
No problem! I just thought of this – Why did the chicken cross her arms? To show that she could! 😉
I’m in the early stages but my next book up has some chickens too. It’s a chicken world!
The more the merrier 😉 🙂
YAY! 😀
I love chicken. ….Oops. I mean I love chicken stories. Chicken…. Mmmmm.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Henny doesn’t mind, Genevieve–as long as you stick to the wings 😉
With a name like Cupcake, you have to relate everything to food, don’t you, Cupcake? 😉
Extra pats and scratches,
Erik
Henny is a really great book. Love your opening Erik. And Brave Chicken Little is a wonderful retelling of a popular the story. Great day for chicken books and doing the chicken dance.
Aww. Henny and I thank you, Patricia!
Henny is an awesome book! 🙂 So is Brave Chicken Little. 🙂
Thanks, Erik! Both books look absolutely delightful!
Thank you! They’re great books! 🙂
Some great chicken books. Everyone loves chickens, don’t they?
Henny sure hopes so, Darlene. Thanks!
Yes, we are a chicken-loving people. 😉
This makes me laugh!
😀
Chickens!! I am eggstatic. Nothing like a Double Egger. Nice job, Eric. Loved your lead in.
Thanks Ms. Morris! 🙂
Henny is just soooo special!
Thank you, Joanna! (Henny does happy chicken dance)
Yes she is! 🙂
The illustrations alone make you want to buy Henny. Love the funny way you reviewed it too!
Thank you Ms. Carol! 🙂
Love your chicken joke and book review theme, Erik! I am adding these books to my Goodreads to-read pile. Looking forward to reading them.
Thank you Ms. Broas! 😀
Love these. Great reviews Erik. These really look like classics!
Thank you Dr. Clune! 🙂
Great reviews. Love Henny! Who could ever resist a brave little chick. Great job.
Thank you Ms. James! 🙂
You are most welcome.
We love Henny! We’ll have to check out the brave one, too, because you crowed about it. Great reviews, SuperKid!
Aww. Henny says THANKS! We’re going to check out Mr. Byrd’s book, too! (With a name like that, how could we not? ;))
They are great books, L.Lobo! 😀
I bet Henny enjoyed getting cooped up with the likes of you, Erik!
She sure did, Julie! 🙂
Thank you! (love the pun, by the way) 😉
Thanks for the dynamic duo of chicken books! I recently listen to Elizabeth Rose Stanton on the Let’s Get Busy podcast! It was a podcast from February but I just discovered the podcast recently. I really enjoyed it!
Thanks, Penny! I’m so glad you enjoyed it. I find Matthew Winner’s kidlit podcasts all so fascinating and fun, and he asks the best questions! Glad you made it here to Erik’s wonderful blog, too 🙂
Erik is amazing!!! I love his blog. I have no idea how he does all he does. School and this spectacular blog! Wow!
Thank you Ms. Klostermann! 🙂
Oh, yes, ladies, Erik is amazing AND so is Matthew Winner! LOVE his podcasts!
🙂 Aww thank you! 🙂
Thank you Ms. Stanton! 🙂
I only speaketh the truth, AMAZING young squire 😀 😉
Thank’ee, ye fair maiden-scribe. 😉
Hey, Erik, speaking of amazing…do you have a blog anniversary, or any kind of anniversary that you can offer YOUR book/s (signed, of course!) as a giveaway? Now THAT’s one I’d jump on entering! 😀
I started my blog on Jan. 12th, and my first review on Jan. 21st. 🙂
I’ll have to look for that! Thanks Ms. Klostermann! 🙂
Lovin’ all the cluckin’ goin’ on around here! Chickens RULE! 😀 You have TWO brave chickens gettin’ 5 BIG stars from the Head Rooster 😀 Yay!
Yes! Henny is one lucky (happy) chick!
BAWKAWK! 🙂
Ha! I just borrowed Henny from the library! Looking forward to reading it and featuring it for our upcoming reading theme.
It’s a great book! 😀
. . .and this is a great blog! 🙂 🙂
Thanks! 😀 😀
Yay! Thanks, Myra 🙂 Tell the kids Henny’s waving hello!