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213 voters
The Wolf's Chicken Stew
by
Keiko Kasza
In an effort to fatten up Mrs. Chicken for his delicious chicken stew, Wolf unwittingly makes some new friends.
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
April 16th 1996
by Puffin
(first published 1987)
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One of my all time favorites! I can't say Kasza's prose is remarkable or the illustrations are Caledcott material, but the plots are so memorable and engaging that each of her books has found an eternal spot on my favorites list.
Now don't get me wrong. The illustrations are great. Kasza's training in graphic arts comes shining through with the bold colors, clean layouts, and wonderful expressions on each animal's face.
In this story Wolf makes plans to capture poor Mrs. Chicken. The first part...more
Now don't get me wrong. The illustrations are great. Kasza's training in graphic arts comes shining through with the bold colors, clean layouts, and wonderful expressions on each animal's face.
In this story Wolf makes plans to capture poor Mrs. Chicken. The first part...more
The wolf loved to eat all the time, one day he craved a chicken stew. So he went out searching for a chicken and found one. Before he decided to grab her, he decided she needed to be fattened up. So, for three nights he left different food on the front of her house. Pancakes the first night, doughnuts the second, and a big cake on the third. He thought that for sure she would be huge after eating all that food, so he went to her house ready to cook her. When he got there, the chicken revealed th...more
The Wolf's Chicken Stew, written by Keiko Kasza, is on the NY Public Library 100 Picturebooks List. This is a story about a wolf who loves to eat more than anything else in the world. The wolf has a craving for chicken stew, and the reader follows along the wolf's journey of "fattening" up the chicken so that he can have more soup to eat. This was a funny and suspenseful story. There was a theme about "100", where the wolf would make 100 pancakes, and then 100 donuts, and finally a cake weighing...more
Awwwwww! What a ridiculously adorable story. :)
There once was a wolf who loved to eat more than anything else in the world and one day he got a craving for chicken stew, so he set off to find the perfect chicken. When he spotted one, he decided she needed to be fattened up a bit more, so the wolf started baking things for the chicken and leaving them outside her doorstep for her to eat. One day it was 100 pancakes, the next day 100 donuts and the next a 100 pound cake. The wolf decided the chic...more
There once was a wolf who loved to eat more than anything else in the world and one day he got a craving for chicken stew, so he set off to find the perfect chicken. When he spotted one, he decided she needed to be fattened up a bit more, so the wolf started baking things for the chicken and leaving them outside her doorstep for her to eat. One day it was 100 pancakes, the next day 100 donuts and the next a 100 pound cake. The wolf decided the chic...more
The Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza was my all time favorite book when I was little. I would recommend this book for any kindergarten through third grade reader, it is a fairly simple read with a couple words on the more difficult side but not anything that a student K-3 wouldn't understand. The pictures in the book were very descriptive, colorful when necessary, and really set the scenes. The best part about the book is the fact that it does not end up the way the wolf had planned it to be....more
This book is about a wolf that preys on this chicken everyday but instead of eating the chicken, the wolf gives the chicken various food to eat everyday. The wolf watches the chicken take the food with her in her house, and image her eating the food and gaining lots of extra weight that he could eat. In the end the wolf finds out that she wasn't eating any of the food but that she was giving the food to the children. She introduced the wolf to her children and they all because the best of friend...more
Wolf loves to eat and decides that he would like some chicken stew. One day he spots Mrs. Chicken and decides to fatten her up and use her for his stew. Wolf sends her fattening treats like 100 doughnuts and 100 cakes, but the story takes an unexpected turn when he finally meets Mrs. Chicken and her baby chicks and realizes he has made new friends.
Audience/Age Level: K-3
Instructional Ideas:
ELA: Use to celebrate the 100th day of school; explore foreshadowing; create reader's theatre script; stude...more
Audience/Age Level: K-3
Instructional Ideas:
ELA: Use to celebrate the 100th day of school; explore foreshadowing; create reader's theatre script; stude...more
This is a cute story I saw read to a class today. The teacher used it to help students understand and remember the beginning, middle and end of a story. It is about a wolf who decides to delay eating a chicken in order to fatten her up and eat later. To do this, he makes pancakes and cakes and all sorts of goodies and sends them to the chicken. After a while he goes to the chicken's house who is glad to see him and tells all of the 100 baby chicks in the house that 'Uncle Wolf' is here. The chic...more
Book type ;Fables
The book, “The Wolf’s Chicken Stew”, is a story about wolf that has a craving for chicken stew. He sees a chicken that he wants to eat, but he thinks that if the chicken is fat, he can make more stew. The wolf decides to do just that, so every night he would cook lots of treats for the chicken and put them near her front door. One night the wolf stopped by to see how fat the chicken had gotten, and to his surprise, the chicken caught him. Inside the house he saw many chicks and...more
The book, “The Wolf’s Chicken Stew”, is a story about wolf that has a craving for chicken stew. He sees a chicken that he wants to eat, but he thinks that if the chicken is fat, he can make more stew. The wolf decides to do just that, so every night he would cook lots of treats for the chicken and put them near her front door. One night the wolf stopped by to see how fat the chicken had gotten, and to his surprise, the chicken caught him. Inside the house he saw many chicks and...more
Nov 27, 2012
Jonathan Prince
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
animals,
food-cooking
A cute story about a very hungry wolf who decides that he wants chicken stew. He finds a chicken but thinks he can fatten it up by feeding it every night. So he bakes different goods and leaves at the chickens house at night. He comes back ready to take the chicken, and instead of finding a plump chicken he finds that the hen was a mother with dozens of chicks that loved wolf for his cooking. The wolf decides not to eat the chicken but instead bakes more for the chicks.
LEARNING EXPERIENCE:
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4.5
Slightly less awesome to me than My Lucky Day, it's still easy to see why this book won such great renown. It reads like a fable, maybe a Japanese one with which Western audiences are less familiar. There is a great message about compassion and acts of service to be found in this picture book, and the illustrations are colorful and engaging.
A book that both children and their parents will enjoy, in the middle picture book stage. Easy to see why this book is a classic in its own right.
Recommen...more
Slightly less awesome to me than My Lucky Day, it's still easy to see why this book won such great renown. It reads like a fable, maybe a Japanese one with which Western audiences are less familiar. There is a great message about compassion and acts of service to be found in this picture book, and the illustrations are colorful and engaging.
A book that both children and their parents will enjoy, in the middle picture book stage. Easy to see why this book is a classic in its own right.
Recommen...more
A hungry wolf tries to fatten a chicken up for the chicken stew he is craving. For three nights he bakes loads of goodies such as pancakes, donuts, and a cake and leaves them outside the chicken's door.
On the next night, he is surprised to find the chicken hasn't grown in size, rather her baby chicks had enjoyed all of his delicious goodies. They swarm him and show their appreciation, turning a bad wolf into a good guy who's planning to bake a batch of cookies.
Great read aloud with soft waterc...more
On the next night, he is surprised to find the chicken hasn't grown in size, rather her baby chicks had enjoyed all of his delicious goodies. They swarm him and show their appreciation, turning a bad wolf into a good guy who's planning to bake a batch of cookies.
Great read aloud with soft waterc...more
This book is about a wolf who was trying to eat up the chicken. He waited and waited for the chicken to come by but then he had a thought. He wants to feed the chicken fat and big so he can make better soup. he then decided to make the chicken some pancake. When he knock on the door the chicken comes out and there were many other chick in there. The chicken told the chicks to say thank you to Mr. wolf. He melted and change his mind about eating them. This is a good book to teach children to love...more
The story of The Wolf's Chicken Stew is about a wolf who is hungry so he decides to send alot of food to this chicken so that he can fatten her up. Well to the wolf's surprise the chicken is actually using that food to feed all her baby chicks. So the wolf decides to continue to bring food over to help out the mother chicken.
Lesson: This book helped to teach the value of sharing and friendship, I would do a lesson about sharing and just teach the importance of sharing and the consequences of bei...more
Lesson: This book helped to teach the value of sharing and friendship, I would do a lesson about sharing and just teach the importance of sharing and the consequences of bei...more
Wolf is always hungry. One day he finds himself craving chicken stew. He finds a chicken that will fill his pot very nicely but she's a little to thin for his tastes. He goes home and bakes a hundred pancakes and takes them to her door. The next day he takes 100 doughnuts. The following evening it's a towering cake. Then he decides to go check on her. She must be fattened up by now. However, when she opens the door, she is exactly the same size. Her many, many chicks, however, are quite well-fed...more
Nov 26, 2012
Shaquita
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
feelings,
helping,
wolf,
love,
animals,
belonging,
confidence,
family,
self-esteem,
cooking-food,
numbers,
sequencing
In the story, "The Wolf's Chicken Stew," The Wolf was determined to have chicken stew, so he thought by cooking a lot of food and sending it to Miss Chicken he would fatten her up. Little did Wolf know he was actually providng food for Miss Chicken's one hundred baby chicks. When Wolf found out that he was actually helping out, his whole demeanor changed; so he decided he would continue cooking for the family of chickens. This is a good book for teaching children how to share and help out friend...more
The title of the story is The Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza. It is a great book for first grade children and I will recommend it to any first graders. The wolf loves to eat and it goes in search of food. Seeing a chicken, it suddenly have an idea to have a chicken stew with it. The chicks with the chicken suddenly becomes the wolf's friend due to the fact that it makes them some food.
Learning extension: Teacher and children make a cake together in the classroom.
Learning extension: Teacher and children make a cake together in the classroom.
I think that book was fun and very interesting to read over and over again. It was a book that I read it so many times that I remember it and it was interesting what the would made. Also that you should never be to greedy and things do not go as planned.
Learning Experience
The learning experience would never be to greedy and never answer without thinking through. Also things do not always as you plan. Also that things happen all the time.
Learning Experience
The learning experience would never be to greedy and never answer without thinking through. Also things do not always as you plan. Also that things happen all the time.
The medium of this book is water color with a wide color palette which the illustrator affectively used to demonstrate night and day and the progression of the story. When I first picked up this book I noticed the well executed use of medium and style by the illustrator. The books layout is portrait to capture the wolfs entire figure and actions, but some illustrations are full bleed across both pages to capture the landscape of the picture.
This is a book about a wolf that wants to was wanted to make chicken stew. The wolf looks at the chicken and thinks that the chicken is too skinny. He wants to fatten her up, so he starts leaving her all kinds of goodies so that the chicken will get fatter. This book has many events, so it could be used to teach children how to summarize the events of the story. It also teaches that if you are nice to others, you will make many friends.
One concept a good reader has to learn is that good a author creates characters who "grow" during the course of the plot.
Such is the case with Wolf, who is only doing something kind for a chicken for his own greed and appetite, but in the end, finds the gratitude of the chicken too overwhelming to return to his previous selfish and evil designs.
He has a change of heart.
The surprise ending delights children.
Such is the case with Wolf, who is only doing something kind for a chicken for his own greed and appetite, but in the end, finds the gratitude of the chicken too overwhelming to return to his previous selfish and evil designs.
He has a change of heart.
The surprise ending delights children.
Jul 30, 2009
Melissa
added it
Wolf has got a long tail.
Shake that tail (Shake hips)
Shake that tail
Wolf has got a long tail
Shake that tail right now.
Wolf has got a great big jaw
Snap that jaw (Make a jaw with both arms and hands, Clap)
Snap that jaw
Wolf has got a great big jaw
Snap that jaw right now!
This little wolf went to the forest (Wiggle thumb)
This little wolf stayed home (Wiggle index finger)
This little wolf ate berries (Wiggle third finger)
This little wolf ate none (Wiggle ring finger)
This little wolf went (Wiggle pinky)...more
Shake that tail (Shake hips)
Shake that tail
Wolf has got a long tail
Shake that tail right now.
Wolf has got a great big jaw
Snap that jaw (Make a jaw with both arms and hands, Clap)
Snap that jaw
Wolf has got a great big jaw
Snap that jaw right now!
This little wolf went to the forest (Wiggle thumb)
This little wolf stayed home (Wiggle index finger)
This little wolf ate berries (Wiggle third finger)
This little wolf ate none (Wiggle ring finger)
This little wolf went (Wiggle pinky)...more
A child will love this book its easy to read has lots of color. its entertaining, funny, how the wolf is trying to eat the chicken, but first he takes food to the chickens house to get it fat for his chicken stew, at the end when its time to go for the chicken he finds out that the chicken has lots of baby chickens who love his cooking and hug and kiss the wolf.
a fox wanted to make chicken stew. He wanted to fatten up the chickens so he could have more chicken stew. He decided to fatten them up by giving them cake, pancakes, and doughnuts. In the end, the wolf gained new friends b/c Mother Chicken cooked him dinner and he didn't have to eat the chickens.
great book to teach summarizing
great book to teach summarizing
This is a fun book. I found it funny that the wolf spent so much time baking 100 pancakes, multiple layer cakes and more, for the chicken, when he could have been making them for himself.
extension: i will a discusion about how appreciation and kindness can positively affect things.
I definitely recommend it.
extension: i will a discusion about how appreciation and kindness can positively affect things.
I definitely recommend it.
There was a wolf who loved to eat. There was a chicken that he loked for his stew. He thouught that if he could get the chicken fat then there would be more meat for his stew. The wolf made his stew and got ready to kill the chicken, he realized she had chicks. He changed his mind and she in turn made him a nice meal.
Grade Levels: P-1
* This short story can be read aloud or implemented in a reading center; teaches students about selflessness and what can happen when bad intentions turn out well; teaches students that being kind to people who aren't so kind might inspire them to change their ways
* This short story can be read aloud or implemented in a reading center; teaches students about selflessness and what can happen when bad intentions turn out well; teaches students that being kind to people who aren't so kind might inspire them to change their ways
This book is about a wolf that wants to eat a chicken. Before he wants to eat her, he wants to fatten her up. He sent her food at night to fatten her up. When the wolf comes to get the chicken, he realizes that he has been feeding her chicks too. They eventually become friends.
Wolf is really hungry for some chicken stew, so he heads out to find the perfect chicken. When he finds her, he tries fattening her up with pancakes, donuts, and other sweets. The ending is a surprise and really cute! I wasn't ready for that, but loved it!
Cute story. A wolf decides he wants to make chicken stew, but the chicken he wants to eat needs to fatten up. So the wolf leaves lots of food on the chicken's doorstep, but finds out that the chicken's chicks ate all the food and love him for sharing.
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