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Interrupting Chicken

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Awarded a 2011 Caldecott Honor!

A favorite joke inspires this charming tale, in which a little chicken’s habit of interrupting bedtime stories is gleefully turned on its head.

It’s time for the little red chicken’s bedtime story —and a reminder from Papa to try not to interrupt. But the chicken can’t help herself! Whether the tale is HANSEL AND GRETEL or LITTLE RED RIDING HO...more

Hardcover, 40 pages

Published August 10th 2010 by Candlewick Press

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Feb 04, 2012 Katie Fitzgerald rated it 5 of 5 stars

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In addition to being visually appealing, this book fills the need for more picture books featuring fathers and daughters, and especially fathers reading to their kids. It would make a nice father's day read for families, and maybe even a nice gift for fathers, since the humor here will appeal easily to adults as well as children.

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Read for #nerdcott. Reviewed in Caldecott Challenge Post #10: http://storytimesecrets.blogspot.c ...more

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Feb 07, 2013 Leslie Bardo rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: picture-storybook

This book is about a young chicken who needs help by his father in going to bed one night. The father chicken then begins to read classic children's literature (such as Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, and Chicken Little), but the young chicken interrupts during each of the stories. After getting fed up, the father is the one who goes to sleep and the young chicken ends up tucking him in. The illustrations for this book are incredibly unique because David Ezra Stein draws pictures of...more

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Feb 04, 2013 Shyann Stromquist rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-s-lit

Audience- The audience for this book would be for both males and females, I don’t think it is gender specific. It would be a great book for students in grades kindergarten through third grade. The language used in the book is fairly simple of beginning readers and the illustrations and comical element of the story will keep the children interested.

Appeal- This book is appealing because the pictures are fun, colorful, and entertaining. I think this book would appeal to kids because a lot of the...more

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Nov 20, 2012 Nida Iftekaruddin rated it 5 of 5 stars

Interrupting Chicken
Grade/interest level: Primary
Reading level: 300L
Genre:

Main Characters: Caterpillar
Setting: Nature
POV: Third person, omniscient

Summary:

Little red chicken is extremely excited for his bedtime story with Papa. However, like most young chicks eager to hear a story, little chicken continuously interrupts his father. Papa tries to read him Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, and Chicken Little. Each time, little chicken jumps in at the end to make his alternate ending to s...more

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Oct 21, 2012 Alexa Mazur rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein is a book that takes place inside a chicken's bedroom, as she is going to sleep for the night. Her papa wants to read her a book, but reminds her not to interrupt. This is just SO hard for the chicken. Whether papa is reading a story about Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, or Chicken Little, the chicken just HAS to interrupt. The urge to interrupt papa is so strong for chicken, because she feels like she just needs to help the characters in the s...more Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein is a book that takes place inside a chicken's bedroom, as she is going to sleep for the night. Her papa wants to read her a book, but reminds her not to interrupt. This is just SO hard for the chicken. Whether papa is reading a story about Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, or Chicken Little, the chicken just HAS to interrupt. The urge to interrupt papa is so strong for chicken, because she feels like she just needs to help the characters in the story. She feels it is important from saving them from doing crazy things. Chicken’s passion for saving the main characters in the stories being read to her by her papa, causing her to frequently interrupt him as he is reading. Let’s learn a little about Chicken. Chicken is very strong-willed, and always wants to help people. She gets so excited when she is being read to, that she wants to shout out all the time and interrupt everyone. Little Chicken is so little that she hasn’t quite learned the concept of interrupting, and how it is disrespectful to other people. Little Chicken learns a very valuable lesson in this story, a lesson that many young children have to learn as they are growing up. As the story goes on, Little Chicken decides it is her turn to tell a story. As Little Chicken is telling her story to her papa, she notices that her papa keeps yawning. Little Chicken gets very frustrated, and doesn’t understand why her papa is acting so tired throughout her story. Will papa make it through the entire story without falling asleep? Will Little Chicken learn her lesson and realize that interrupting isn’t something that should be done? Read the book Interrupting Chicken to find out! This book will teach children about interrupting, and why it is not appropriate behavior. It is a fun way for children to learn what it feels like to be interrupted, and what they can do to try to stop themselves from interrupting. This book is so colorful, and full of fun, that it will hold a children’s interest. Children will also hear excerpts from other children’s books, as Papa reads them to Little Chicken. The children listening to the story will also be interrupted by Little Chicken, because she is interrupting the stories that Papa is reading. Parents and teachers would both benefit by having this book at their homes, and in a classroom, because interrupting is a concept that many children at a young age do. Find the Interrupting Chicken book near you, and read to find out if Little Chicken learned her lesson by the end of the story! (less)

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Oct 11, 2012 Rebecca Thomas rated it 5 of 5 stars

1.) Genre-Contemporary Picture Book

2.) Summary- An excitable little chicken needs her father to read her a bedtime story so she can go to sleep. Unfortunately, the little chicken also has some problems with interrupting. Exasperated, the father chicken asks the little chicken to read him a bed time story instead.

3.)a.) Area of focus- illustrations

b.) The art style and lay out of this book is especially appealing to readers. Stein uses bright colors and a cartoonish design to bring the story of...more

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Oct 03, 2012 Meghan Mcmanis rated it 4 of 5 stars

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This picture book was a classic story about a little baby chicken and her dad trying to get her to go to sleep. She asks him to read her a bedtime story, he commits saying only if she doesn't interrupt. First her dad reads her "Hansel and Gretel." The baby chicken interrupts him and asks for another chance, so he reads her "Little Red Riding Hood." She interrupts again, then he reads her "Chicken Little." Baby Chicken tries to insert herself into every story as a character which is what she is d...more

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Sep 24, 2012 Amber Delauri rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-s-literature

1. Genre: Picture Book- Other
2. Little Chicken was trying to get ready for bed, while her dad read her a bedtime story. However, the characters in the stories were in danger, and Chicken had to interrupt and save them.
3. Critique
a. Excitement
b. The Little Chicken’s gets so excited throughout the story while her father reads her her favorite bedtime stories. She knows the ending and wants to protect the characters in the story, so she interrupts the reading to make up her own ending. The excitem...more

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Sep 19, 2012 Anne Catesby rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: picture-books, caldecott-honor

Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein is absolutely one of my favorite children's books. This book is so creative and is so funny to read! This is a story about a little chicken that wants her dad to read her a bed time story, and her dad says he will under one condition. The chicken must not interrupt the story as she often does. Throughout the story you can see why it is very difficult at times for the chicken to not interrupt her father. However, in the end the story has an interesting twi...more

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Sep 17, 2012 Nicole Lamb rated it 5 of 5 stars

Picture Book Critique #2

Interrupting Chicken
BY: David Ezra Stein

1. Picture Book Genre: Contemporary

2. Brief Summary: Interrupting Chicken highlights the struggles and excitement of a Papa chicken trying to read his excited daughter chicken a bedtime story. When it’s time for bed in the Chicken household the young girl chicken cannot sleep without a bedtime story, so after Papa reminds her not to interrupt her begins to read the story of Hansel and Gretel but the young chicken is so excited that...more Picture Book Critique #2

Interrupting Chicken
BY: David Ezra Stein

1. Picture Book Genre: Contemporary

2. Brief Summary: Interrupting Chicken highlights the struggles and excitement of a Papa chicken trying to read his excited daughter chicken a bedtime story. When it’s time for bed in the Chicken household the young girl chicken cannot sleep without a bedtime story, so after Papa reminds her not to interrupt her begins to read the story of Hansel and Gretel but the young chicken is so excited that she interrupts in the middle, adds a little extra in and finishes the story. Promising she will not do it again Papa begins to read Little Red Riding Hood but again the little chicken is so excited that she bursts in and finishes the story. Finally Papa tries to read Chicken Little and again the little chicken interrupts with excitement and finishes the story. Exhausted the Papa has the little girl chicken create her own story and read it to him so that he could do to sleep. The little chicken begins to write and illustrate her own bedtime story for baby and is cleverly interrupted by his snoring! Finally, the little chicken and Papa both get to bed!

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A. Area for comment: There is no question that the best element of this book is the excitement that you feel when reading it! The young chicken’s passion and desire to finish the story displays her excitement about the story itself which is a great message to send to students! The vibrant use of illustrations and punctuation is also noteworthy for this book as students are able to get a real feel for the young chicken’s true joy!

B. Professional Evaluation: Interrupting Chicken tells the wonderful story of the bonds between fathers and daughters and the passion that children can have for story time. The excitement of the young chicken is obvious; she is jumping up and down with a desire to tell the ending of the story before her Papa even has a chance to read it! Her love for books and stories is evident and sends a great message to students – that books are fun! The use of bright colors, vivid illustrations and excited punctuations further articulates the passion for reading. Another great aspect of this book is that the young chicken has an opportunity to write and illustrate her own story which furthers the excitement for literature. Overall, I found this book to be funny, adorable and a joy to read.

C. Specific Example: There are a number of examples throughout Interrupting Chicken that highlight David Ezra Stein’s use of punctuation to display excitement and joy. For example, during the reading of Hansel and Gretel on pages 8 and 9 the little red chicken interrupted by yelling “DON’T GO IN! SHE’S A WITCH!” Her excitement is also highlighted by the fact that the author uses all capital letters when the little red chicken interrupts the story. This is evident again during the telling of Little Red Riding Hood on pages 14-15 when the little chicken interrupts by jumping up and down and yelling “DON’T TALK TO STRANGERS!” These are merely two small examples of how the author uses punctuation to highlight excitement and passion for reading. There is no question that Interrupting Chicken is a book that will get children excited about reading and writing!

4. Curriculum Connection: There are a number of ways that this book can be integrated into the curriculum. First, the author’s use of punctuation to display excitement and passion is a great way for students to truly see how punctuation can change a sentence and how the appropriate use of punctuation can assist in storytelling. Also, this book does an incredible job at showing how an excitement for stories can be fun and interesting. Finally, this story incorporates the young chicken writing and illustrating a story of her own which can be used to inspire students to tell their own stories both inside and outside of the classroom.
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Jun 19, 2012 Barb rated it 4 of 5 stars

A cute picture book about a little chicken who constantly interrupts his papa during story time
(and I'm assuming the rest of the time as well).

My almost seven year old son and almost ten year old daughter both love this book, they laughed out loud the first two times I read it to them.

I think it's very cute but I'm not sure they see themselves in Little Chicken. Tonight we read this and then afterward while I was reading Skippyjon Jones I had to ask my son if HE was a chicken...

I can only hope t...more

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May 31, 2012 Sam Grace rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: effusive story listeners

Recommended to Sam by: Norma Mendoza-Denton

Shelves: pretty-pictures, favorites

This book is brilliant! You can read the descriptions of the plot elsewhere, so I want to focus on the things that I thought were special about it:

1) the Formula. Yes! This is what makes this a CHILDREN'S book. It is repetitive in the way that kids love. And it's so META. Little Chicken interrupts the stories because she knows the end, but so will the kids hearing the story. And that wonderful feeling of, I know! I know! is all over this book. Little Chicken feels it and I am sure young listener...more This book is brilliant! You can read the descriptions of the plot elsewhere, so I want to focus on the things that I thought were special about it:

1) the Formula. Yes! This is what makes this a CHILDREN'S book. It is repetitive in the way that kids love. And it's so META. Little Chicken interrupts the stories because she knows the end, but so will the kids hearing the story. And that wonderful feeling of, I know! I know! is all over this book. Little Chicken feels it and I am sure young listeners will too. And, of course, the book itself ends the way one would hope, one, two, three times warned, and then who gets to tell the story? Little Chicken!

2) the Text. I don't just mean the way that it's written (although I do love the voice), but the visual text is integrated into the story in a way that is uncommon but always delightful. This is so frequently something that really takes away from a children's book experience for me, falsely separating the art and the words, but not here.

3) Little Chicken is a girl! Yes, there are plenty of children's books with girl heroes now, but it is still fairly uncommon for an animal character to be a girl, I think. And she's so full of unstoppable energy! (Not polite contained energy, which is still how I think of most girls in books as being.)

4) The Illustrations. Maybe not everyone's bag. Certainly not a style I would want all of my books in, but for the story being told (tales so well known, so OWNED by children at least in this time and place), I think it works perfectly. Vibrant and irreverent and probably unlike the other books in your library, whether you are a collector or not.

This story is not beautiful in a stately way, not feel-good in a way that many child-heroed books are, and if I were reviewing this for grown-ups I don't know that I'd give it five stars. But as a children's book - which is undoubtedly what it is - this book makes it to the "it was amazing" category for me.

This book was a gift, and I think will be a much treasured one. (less)

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Apr 24, 2012 Cheri Ragland rated it 5 of 5 stars

"Interrupting Chicken" is a clever story about a little red chicken and his papa. One of little red chicken's favorite things to do is read a book before bed. But, he has a problem, he interrupts every story, every time. Papa tells him no interrupting, but little red chicken can't help it! He doesn't want Hansel and Gretel getting nabbed by the witch. Finally, after all three stories have been interrupted and there are no more stories to read, papa tells him to write his own story and read it to...more

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Apr 20, 2012 Tiffany added it

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When it's bedtime for the little red chicken, she wants to hear a bedtime story. Papa is willing, but only if she doesn't interrupt. Of course, being very interested in the story, the little red chicken does what she does so often, and interrupts.

INterrupting Chicken is a picture book. The setting of the picture book is in the house of the little red chicken. Being bedtime, the little red chicken and her papa are getting ready to sleep and he is reading her bedtime stories. The characters in thi...more When it's bedtime for the little red chicken, she wants to hear a bedtime story. Papa is willing, but only if she doesn't interrupt. Of course, being very interested in the story, the little red chicken does what she does so often, and interrupts.

INterrupting Chicken is a picture book. The setting of the picture book is in the house of the little red chicken. Being bedtime, the little red chicken and her papa are getting ready to sleep and he is reading her bedtime stories. The characters in this story are the little red chicken and her papa. You can see that the little red chicken is a bundle of energy through her actions of interrupting in the stories. She's also got a mind of her own by the things she says when she interrupts. Papa is calm and willing to read, but eventually gets a bit tired of being interrupted. The plot of the story is that it is bedtime and the little red chicken wants to have bedtime stories read to her. However, there is the conflict between her and her papa because she continues to interrupt. After interrupting three stories, the little red chicken and papa come to a conclusion and the conflict is solved. The theme of this story is patience. The little red chicken cannot wait for her papa to finish the story. In the end, she gets to read and see how not interrupting can help finish a story. Third person point of view is used in this story. It is used effectively through conveying both the little red chicken's anxiousness in having the story told and papa's annoyance from the little red chicken constantly interrupting. Images are conveyed perfectly through the pictures. Being a Caldecott Honors Book, the pictures are fantastic. They are funny and convey the story well.

I really enjoyed this book. It was very cute and the pictures really were fantastic. I think it's a great story to read in class because a lot of chilren will want to interrupt stories and you can teach them the lesson that it's not a nice thing. I personally think it would be fun to read with younger students because they will be able to predict that the little red chicken is going to interrupt and it could be a very interactive text.(less)

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Apr 17, 2012 Mary Ward rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: eced221

David Ezra Steins book the Interrupting Chicken was comical. A young chicken is being put to bed by his papa, and refuses to fall asleep without a night time story. Each story his father tells, the chicken interrupts and makes no effort to relax and sleep. His Papa eventually runs out of stories and asks little red chicken to tell him a story instead.

This story is written well. It is shorter book, so the plot is not as elaborate, however, it focuses on Papa chicken putting little red chicken to...more

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Feb 18, 2012 Barbara rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: animals, picture-book, reading

Since it's time for bed, Papa Chicken follows a nightly ritual of reading a story to his young red chicken as she goes to sleep. But instead of being lulled to sleep, she knows them so well that she interrupts the stories three times since she knows them so well and doesn't want any harm to come to the character in "Hansel and Gretel," "Little Riding Hood," or "Chicken Little." Having used up all her favorite bedtime reading, Papa Chicken suggests that she tell a story of her own. She does, lull...more

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Jan 31, 2012 Samantha rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: picture-storybook

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 Musser rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: picture-books, storytime, chickens, fractured-fairy-tales

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 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: childrens

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 Grimms Fairy Tales. Papa reminds Chicken to not interrupt as he...more

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Sep 08, 2011 Katlyn Campbell rated it 5 of 5 stars

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 from whatever lies ahea...more

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Aug 25, 2011 Pamela Voyles rated it 5 of 5 stars

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 that...more 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 that she needed to because the witch was scary. This is a great example of metaficiton. The illustrations go great with the text. They actually make the text more fun and engaging. One of the best illustrations that go along with the text is when Papa gets tired and tells Chicken to tell him a story. Papa is shown yawning and getting into the covers. Chicken is shown wide awake holding a notebook and pencil. She is excited about telling her Papa a story. The illustrations definitely show that Chicken likes to interrupt. Papa is reading a story about Little Red Riding Hood. Chicken has to interrupt the story and yell, “Don’t Talk to Strangers!” The illustrator shows Chicken jumping up in the air yelling this to Little Red Riding Hood.
The overall theme of this book is lighthearted. Chicken wants to be good and not interrupt, but she finds it really hard. The illustrations are bright and full of color. The use of color does not make you tired, but wide awake just like Chicken. The storybooks Papa reads have the book opened with the illustration of the story and the text on the bottom. The text becomes blurred when Chicken interrupts the story and puts herself in the story. She becomes the focal point of the story. She is red, orange, yellow, and green. The book becomes lighter and softer with a dark background around it. The illustrator wants the eye to focus on Chicken. The front cover is very attractive and vibrant. The title is written in orange text. Chicken is jumping up and is very excited. Papa is giving her a look behind his glasses, but she is just too excited and has to
interrupt. The cover definitely caught my attention and made me want to pick it up. This book is a 2011 Caldecott Honor Book and is on the 2011 Notable Children’s Books for younger readers.(less)

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Jul 03, 2011 Christen rated it 5 of 5 stars

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 Chi...more

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Jun 29, 2011 Margaret rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: picture-book

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. Finally, Little...more

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May 15, 2011 Allison Parker rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: juvenile, picture-book, favorites

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 similarly...more

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May 06, 2011 Kathryn rated it 4 of 5 stars

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 trie...more

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Apr 19, 2011 Eileen Corbett rated it 4 of 5 stars

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 styles of illustratio...more

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Mar 09, 2011 Sarah BT rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: picture-books

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 chicken's ey...more

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Mar 02, 2011 Tdavis rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Preschool - 3rd Grade

Shelves: narrative-skills, preschool

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, “Is that re...more

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Feb 26, 2011 Erin Reilly-Sanders rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: picturebook, fiction, fairytale

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 achieved thr...more

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Feb 26, 2011 Jennifer rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: childrens-books

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 with an a...more

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