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Jan 31, 2012

Samantha rated it:

All snuggled up in her bed, a little red chicken cannot fall asleep until she hears a bed time story. Her papa agrees to read her a story on one condition...that she will not interrupt. Unfortunately, not one story is able to be completed without chicken finishing it abruptly. Every ending to Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, and Chicken Little concluded with chicken's impatience to listen all the way through. After running out of stories to read, Papa suggests that chicken tell him a s More...

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Jan 18, 2012

Amy rated it:

Papa is putting his daughter, the little red chicken, to bed when she insists on a bedtime story. Papa agrees but only if the little red chicken promises not to interrupt the story. So Papa begins the story of Hansel and Gretel. The witch is about to capture the children, but the little red chicken just can’t stand it and interrupts the story. Poor Papa struggles through 2 more classic fairy tales before throwing in the towel. But the little red chicken gets the last word.

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Oct 13, 2011

Melissa rated it:

Interrupting Chicken
By: David Ezra Stein

Genre: Contemporary-Picture Books

Chicken has a hard time falling asleep and asks Papa to read her a bedtime story. Of course, she has heard all of the bedtime stories before and "interrupts" her Papa while he is reading them. She makes sure that the characters stay safe and don't get into trouble.

Critique:
A. The area for critique is the story line.
B. This story is a comical way to introduce More...

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Sep 08, 2011

Katlyn rated it:

1. Genre: Contemporary Picture Book
2. Summary: This is a funny book about a family of chickens. It is time bedtime for the little chicken and the father attempts to read him a bedtime story. Despite her father’s attempts the little chicken interrupts his story over and over.
3. Critique:
a. This book has a funny nature and tone which children and adults will both enjoy.
b. The little red chicken in this story cannot help interrupting her bedtime story to save the characters More...

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Aug 25, 2011

Pamela rated it:

The illustrations are eye catching and full of color in David Ezra Stein’s delightful book, Interrupting Chicken (Candlewick Press 2010). The theme for this book is that it is not good to always interrupt your parent, but it is so hard for this chicken. A first and second grader will enjoy reading this book and a great book for a librarian to read orally. It will make everyone laugh. There is one page in which Papa is telling Chicken that she interrupted the story. Chicken has to tell Papa More...

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Jul 03, 2011

Christen rated it:

Little Chicken cannot help herself. When Papa reads her bedtime stories, she interrupts each time to save the characters from certain doom, retelling the tales to avert the danger. Children who have ever found fairytales a little too scary will make instant friends with Little Chicken. The amusing repetition of the interruptions, Papa’s confrontation and Little Chicken’s promise to be good, combined with tales children have already heard, culminate in a humorous flip at the end. Interrupting Ch More...

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Jun 29, 2011

Margaret Boling rated it:

6/27/11 ** Book-a-Day: D30, Bk 34 ** Clever bedtime book in which the illustrations make the book (well, it was a Caldecott Honor!) It's bedtime for Little Red Chicken and he asks Papa to read him a story. Chicken gets so wrapped up in each of the three tales (Hansel & Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, and Chicken Little) that he interrupts, warning the characters of the impending doom and pronounces, "The End." Papa implores Little Chicken to "be good," and stop interrupting. More...

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May 15, 2011

Allison rated it:

This delightful story perfectly captures the enthusiasm for story so easily experienced in childhood. The little red chicken demands story after story from her father, but can't help herself from interrupting each familiar folktale, infusing herself into the story to save the day with a simpler solution to the problems faced by Hansel & Gretel, Chicken Little, and Little Red Riding Hood ("Out jumped a little red chicken, and she said, 'Don't talk to strangers!'"). David Ezra Stein simi More...

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May 06, 2011

Kathryn rated it:

Here is the story of a little chicken who is so enthusiastic about bedtime stories they hardly lull her to sleep. Her father is happy to read her stories but asks her to please remember not to interrupt and to try to fall asleep. But when familiar stories (Hansel and Gretel, Red Riding Hood and Little Red Hen) are read, the little chicken can't help bursting into the story with a quicker and happier solution to the problems at hand. What will happen when an exasperated and very tired father t More...

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Apr 19, 2011

Eileen rated it:

It's bedtime and the little red chicken insists on a bedtime story. Papa agrees to read a story, but becomes frustrated when the little red chicken keeps interrupting the stories. The little red chicken has heard the stories before and feels compelled to tell the characters what is about to happen. Finally, the little red chicken reads a story for Papa. Is anyone ready for sleep yet?

This book received the Caldecott honor award for its illustrations. There are three distinct styl More...

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Mar 09, 2011

Sarah-Greenbeanteenqueen rated it:

This is a cute little story, but I had a couple of problems with it. Interrupting Chicken was a Caldecott Honor Book this year so I think I was expecting some amazing artwork. And while the illustrations are good, they didn't really stand out to me and say "yes, this is a Caldecott Honor!" I did like the varying illustrations to alternate between little chicken and her father and the storybooks they're reading. And the author/illusrator does a good job of expressing emotions in Papa ch More...

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Mar 02, 2011

Tdavis rated it:

Hahaha, Interrupting Chicken is such a fun read—got a lot of laughs out of this one during story hour and even in my after school program. I think the next time I’ll use it, is after reading the three fairy tales the chicken interrupts (Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, and Chicken Little).

There have been concerns that children do not know fairy tales, so by reading the fairy tales first you have a foundation of the stories chicken interrupts. Then you can ask the children, More...

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Feb 26, 2011

Erin rated it:

I really really enjoyed this one. First of all, the story is really fabulous. I love that it's about bedtime reading rituals and plays with traditional fairytales. The dialog is delightful and the text simple enough to hold a child's attention while still providing a story that will amuse both the adult and the child. The humour is good enough that we're still laughing over our own versions of Chicken's intrusions. The art is is also rather good. I love the richness of colour that's achiev More...

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Feb 26, 2011

Jennifer rated it:

We really enjoyed this one at our house! I suspect it is actually more appealing to adults, who have had a little "interrupting chicken" to deal with during their own storytime. Little red chicken is ready for bed, and her Papa is going to read her a story. However, Chicken gets so wrapped up in the stories, she feels she must interrupt to warn the people in the story about what's going to happen, thereby forestalling the adventure. For example, when Chicken Little gets hit in the head More...

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Jan 18, 2011

Cassie rated it:

I was told to be on the look out for this book - from several people. It's bedtime and Papa wants to read little red chicken a story. Papa tries three different stories and each time little red chicken cannot help herself - she must jump right in there and participate in the story, i.e. interrupt. For example, while her poor father is in the middle of reading Little Red Riding Hood, little red chicken must interrupt the story with a big ole "Don't talk to strangers!" aimed right at More...

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Jan 15, 2011

Jessica rated it:

I loved Interrupting Chicken! Ok, got that out of the way! It wasn't my favorite book by any means, but it was a great read-aloud. I read this to a group of 2-9 year olds and it kept them quiet (thank goodness). It wasn't the big chortle-aloud kind of book that I thought it'd be, but they seemed to enjoy it nonetheless. I've read it to several adults, too, who all really liked it (the adults laughed more than the kids, to be honest).

Interrupting Chicken is about a young chicken (who More...

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Jan 14, 2011

Sarah L. added it

Interrupting Chicken is a very good book by David Ezra Stein. This book is about a little chicken who’s going to bed and wants his Papa to read him a story. Papa starts reading him the story of Hansel and Gretel, but the little chicken interrupts the story. Papa is annoyed and so he stops and starts a new story. This goes on until Papa finally asks the little red chicken to read him a story. During little chicken’s story, Papa actually falls asleep.
My favorite character is the lit More...

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Sep 28, 2010

Sweet on Books rated it:

I have to admit, I see the Candlewick Press name on a book and I pretty much assume that I’m going to like it. That is the case once again with Interrupting Chicken. There are so many bedtime stories out there, I wouldn’t have thought there was another way to write one but this story stands out. The combination of several well-known fairy tales and one adorable Chicken is a winner.

Papa agrees to read a bedtime story to his little Chicken as long as she agrees not to interrupt him. W More...

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Aug 17, 2010

Tasha rated it:

Stein’s new picture book will earn him even more fans in the picture book world. It is time for little red chicken to go to bed. Her father agrees to read her a story, but tells her not to interrupt. She promises not to. So he begins Hansel and Gretel but just as they are about to enter the witch’s house, little red chicken interrupts and changes the story. Her father tries again with Little Red Riding Hood with exactly the same result. Finally, after little red chicken pleads for another More...

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Feb 02, 2012

Viri rated it:

The story is about a small chicken who wants to be read to before she goes off to sleep, but when her papa tries to read her a story she interrupts him and ends the story with her saving the character from danger. She interrupts time and time again until her father asks her to read him a story, but before she even introduces her story line her papa is fast asleep.
The illustrations that Stein makes in this book are so fun and they can be interpreted as small children drawing the story line More...

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Sep 22, 2011

Lindsay rated it:

Genre: Picture Book - Contemporary Realism

Summary: This is book is about a chicken and her papa chicken. Every time the Papa chicken tries to read a bedtime story to the chicken she interrupts her Papa and tells the ending of the story. In the end the chicken tells her Papa a story and puts him to sleep.

Critique: (a)This book finds its strength in character development. The reader learns about the chicken and her Papa and what roles they play in their relationship.
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Nov 26, 2011

Halley rated it:

It is Little Chicken's bedtime, and she absolutely loves stories. However, she can't help but interrupt! She doesn't like it when bad things happen in the story, so she just has to interrupt her Papa and change the story. But, they read through all the stories, and Little Chicken still was not tired! Her frustrated Papa gets her to tell her own story, but he falls during it. Little Chicken then tucks her Papa in, and snuggles up beside him.

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Feb 01, 2011

Q_Ayana rated it:

A young chicken and her father prepare for bedtime, but the young chicken cannot go to bed until her father reads her a bedtime story. As he begins the familiar fairy tales of Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, and Chicken Little, the young chicken cannot help but interrupt, creating her own endings to the stories. The illustrations of unrealistic chickens are vivid and expressive – revealing the frustrations of the tired father and the anxiousness of the young chicken. The repetition of More...

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Jan 23, 2012

Anabel rated it:

Interrupting Chicken, a Caldecott Honor Book, by David Ezra is a must have for any primary classroom! This book is ideal for teaching young readers classroom management skills such as…...not interrupting during a read aloud and raising their hands, through a comical story of a little chicken who loves books. The main character in this story is a young little chicken that enjoys being read bedtime stories by her father. However, every time her father reaches the climax of the fairytal More...

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Oct 10, 2011

Hannah rated it:

Interrupting chicken, written by David Ezra Stein is an absolutely adorable tale about a father and daughter trying to read a bedtime story. Before going to bed, the child needs her dad to read her a book so that she can fall asleep. After repeatedly asking, the father gives in, telling the daughter that he is only going to read her one story and then she has to go to bed. They begin by reading a fairy tale. little chicken interrupts and creates a new ending for the story. The father then begins More...

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Sep 26, 2011

Jade rated it:

1. { Genre }: Other

2. { Summary }: It is bedtime for little red chicken. Rooster Papa begins to read, but little red chicken continues to interrupt the stories. After several tries, rooster Papa runs out of stories to read. Now it’s little red chickens turn to read and to put rooster Papa to bed. 

3a. { Area for comment }: Stories within a story, Illustration

3b. { Critique }:
A positive critique that I have for Interrupting Chicken is the way in which it cr More...

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Jan 24, 2012

Olivia rated it:

The "Interrupting Chicken" by David Ezra Stein, had a great story line. It was different because we don't usually read children's books that involve only the father and daughter. We often see both parents in a story and if it is a single parent it's usually the mother that is present. Having the father be the only parent made the book have some sentimental value, in my opinion. One the other hand, the author had a creative way in developing the structure of this book. As I was reading More...

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Jun 21, 2011

Laura rated it:

My reading theme today seems to be variations on classic fairy tales. Interrupting Chicken is the story of a baby chicken [I know that baby chickens are chicks but this character looks more like a young chicken.] who cannot help but interrupt each and every fairy tale. I loved the shifting point of view and the way that the father and the little red chicken trade places as story tellers. The text is clear, easy to follow, and funny. The story is also predictable and uses classic fairy tales More...

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Oct 01, 2010

Diane rated it:

Interrupting Chicken is the cutest story. It is about The Little Read Chicken who cannot help but interrupt Papa when he reads a bedtime story each night. As Papa reads, the little chicken knows the characters, whether Hansel and Gretel or Little Red Riding Hood, are about to get into trouble, so she shouts out and interrupts the story never allowing Papa to finish. Little Red Chicken gets so excited keeping the story characters out of trouble, that she still isn't asleep. It's frustrating for More...

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Oct 06, 2011

Wendy rated it:

Genre: Fantasy / Picture Book

Summary:

The story focuses on a bed time scene between a father and daughter chicken who are engaged in the dance o,f getting the young chicken to bed. She cannot sleep without her bedtime story, however her bedraggled father want assurances from his offspring that she will be able to contain her overwhelming need to interrupt during the story and allow him to finish. Despite her best efforts, chicken cannot hold her tongue and the chaos that en More...

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