©2009 Rebecca Emberley (P)2010 Weston Woods. Children will be delighted as crazy-eyed Chicken and all his panicked friends run away from the sky and right into an eye-catching surprise. Instead of savoring the action, readers may find that their eyes skid across the pages. A bold and colorful retelling of the classic tale of the not-so-bright little chicken’s encounter with an acorn and gravity.

You may already know the tale of a not-quite-so-bright little chicken whose. However, the comic chaos that drives the story has infected the composition. BONK An award-winning father-daughter team make the sky fall an entirely new way. , for example), and the addition of “Bonk!” “Ack!” and other cartoony interjections heightens the silliness. The eye-popping colors and handcrafted shapes reflect the aesthetic that Rebecca Emberley has employed successfully elsewhere (see My Big Book of Spanish Words The Emberleys add a twist at the end, which receives full play on a foldout spread-unfortunately, the illustrations here don't track (the fowl, supposedly inside a fox's mouth, are prematurely shown outside it). By wryly emphasizing that Chicken Little and his clueless compatriots have “no plan” beyond hysterically running and crashing into one another (“Honestly, with names like these, is it any wonder?” the narrator asks after introducing Loosey Goosey), readers can indulge in a healthy feeling of superiority. Chicken Little by Rebecca Emberley, Ed Emberley, Hardcover Barnes & Noble®.

Maybe you would like to tell the story? Oh, go on, give it a try! I'll help a little.There's a dash of snarkiness in the father-and-daughter Emberleys' version of the familiar fable, but it's to good purpose. 'OMGoodness, OMGracious' are generally part of the story along with 'the sky is falling' REBECCA EMBERLEY has created more than 40 books for children. There is an acorn and a very crafty FOX cave You may already know the tale of a not-quite-so-bright little chicken whose encounter with. There's a really great story about Chicken Little and the anxious little flock that follows him: She was very happy. On Wednesday when she was doing nothing, her 'usual pastime,'something 'hit her on the head' And being the very 'excitable' and 'prone to foolishness' person that she was - off she ran with a 'very scrambbled noggin' ' and absolutely no plan! Once upon a time a lovely lady discovered books, children and a little silvery black dog. Chicken Little by Rebecca Emberley and Ed Emberely Classify is an OCLC Research prototype that helps you classify books, magazines, movies, and music using the Dewey Decimal Classification system or the Library of Congress Classification system.for books, DVDs, CDs, and other types of library materials.

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