On a teeny little farm, in an itty-bitty coop, a very small hen laid a big, giant egg. And out of this egg came one big, humongous . . . something....
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Aug 31, 2011
Heidi
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When a humongous chick hatches from his egg on a teeny little farm, a little rooster and three small chickens cannot figure out what it is. The smallest chicken (who's not the sharpest crayon in the box), decides he's (the humongous chick, a.k.a. Chicken Big) an elephant. He cannot stay in the coop due to his size and being an elephant.
The next day an acorn falls and hits the smallest chicken on the head (Hmmm...Sound familiar?). She of course believes the sky is falling and persuade More...
The next day an acorn falls and hits the smallest chicken on the head (Hmmm...Sound familiar?). She of course believes the sky is falling and persuade More...
Jul 07, 2011
Gregory
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I have author envy. It arises whenever I see a book title like Chicken Big. Of course. How obvious. Take the classic Chicken Little and give it a twist. But it only became obvious after author/illustrator Keith Graves beat me to publication. And, I must admit, his goofy book is more amusing than anything I could have hatched.
The story begins when "a very small hen laid a big, humongous egg". The other chickens don't know what to make of the giant hatchling. The smallest chi More...
The story begins when "a very small hen laid a big, humongous egg". The other chickens don't know what to make of the giant hatchling. The smallest chi More...
Sep 12, 2010
Margo
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This is an absolutely hilarious re-telling of Chicken Little, perfect for lovers of fractured fairy tales or for anyone looking for a great read-aloud for kids from 4 to 8. Older children will also enjoy the quirky humor and comical drawings. In this story, a very small chicken on a teeny little farm, in an itty-bitty coop, lays a humongous egg, from which pops a humongous chick. The not-too-bright chickens in the coop don't know what it is, thinking it might be an elephant, a squirrel, an um
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May 23, 2011
Karen A.
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Chicken Big is so big the other chickens (who are not all that bright) think he might be an elephant. But they are confused when he eats an acorn, shelters them from the weather, and keeps them warm. That is not what an elephant does!!! Well what is he?? Will they figure it out?? Funny and clever picture book. Should appeal to parents and younsters. Also a good for an 'opposite' themed story time. Preschoolers.
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Nov 12, 2010
Gaby
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Reading Chicken Big aloud, you start to enjoy the sound of the words: teeny, itty-bitty, humongous, clucked, enormous, squawked, conked, peeped, splatted, hippopotamus, stomping, teensy-weensy.
It's easy to see how a child hearing and learning the words would get into the rhythm of the book and be captivated by the illustrations of the large, funny looking chick that somehow saves the day. You don't have to be familiar with the story of Chicken Little to appreciate Chicken Big, but More...
It's easy to see how a child hearing and learning the words would get into the rhythm of the book and be captivated by the illustrations of the large, funny looking chick that somehow saves the day. You don't have to be familiar with the story of Chicken Little to appreciate Chicken Big, but More...
Jan 25, 2011
Becky
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Silly fun. A big, humongous chick is born into a coop of dim-witted, regular-size chickens. The story is a little bit Ugly Duckling, a little bit Chicken Little, and a little bit Seven Blind Mice, as they try to figure out the giant in their midst.
I thought the illustrations could have benefitted from a little less detail; with all the muted colors, the small chickens are hard to see, and it's hard to tell where to focus your eyes. And the final word "chicken" is so decorat More...
I thought the illustrations could have benefitted from a little less detail; with all the muted colors, the small chickens are hard to see, and it's hard to tell where to focus your eyes. And the final word "chicken" is so decorat More...
Sep 24, 2010
Tasha
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A fractured version of the classic Chicken Little story, this book is big on chickens and big on humor too. A huge chick is born on a tiny farm in an itty-bitty coop. When the chick hatches, the chickens try to figure out what in the world it is. It’s big, even enormous, so it must be an elephant! That theory only lasts until an acorn falls on the head of one of the chickens and the big chick eats it up rather than running in fear. If it eats acorns, then it must be a squirrel! When rain
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May 23, 2011
Cheryl in CC NV
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Oh goodness. Another laugh out loud. Thank you Lane Smith and Mélanie Watt (and others) for opening up the concept of a book like this, using the endpapers, back cover, different fonts, etc. to take full advantage of the fact that a picture-book can be so much more than a simple illustrated story. This may not be the very best example of that style, but it was creative and heart-warming.... And, as someone who actually helped raise backyard chickens, I can assure you that the scenes of panic
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Nov 11, 2010
Rachel
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“On a teeny little farm, in an itty-bitty coop, a very small hen laid a big, humongous egg.” The giant chicken that emerges is an outcast among the others and they interject ideas as to what kind of animal he truly is. He’s a squirrel? He’s a hippopotamus? When things begin to go wrong at the farm the gigantic chicken’s big heart is revealed. Will the others be able to see past his different appearance and accept him for the chicken that he is?
This is a cute twist on the classic tale of More...
This is a cute twist on the classic tale of More...
Aug 19, 2010
Gmr
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Top notch review for many reasons....one of which is that while this is a picture book aimed at audiences approximately 4-8 years old, it can truly be enjoyed by one and all. The crazy/fun little chickens and their lack of understanding about the "BIG" disturbance in their family circle provides BIG fun. Expressed through comical quotes and thought bubbles, you'd think that'd be enough...nope. The author and illustrator worked hand in hand and provided wonderful illustrations to mat
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Mar 29, 2011
Candice
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A silly book in the manner of Chicken Little. In a tiny hen house, a small hen lays a huge egg and out hatches a humongous chicken. He is so big that the other chickens don't even think he's a chicken. At first they think he's an elephant. Then when one of the chickens gets hit on the head with an acorn and thinks the sky is falling, Chicken Big eats the acorn and they think he's a squirrel. He continues to save the chickens from their own stupidity until he makes one heroic rescue and the
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Jun 15, 2011
Bah ha ha! This book made me laugh aloud! On a teeny little farm, a hen lays a humongous egg, out of which hatches…a massive chicken! The only problem is that it’s so large, none of the other chickens knows it’s a chicken. Every time Chicken Big does something new, the smallest chicken (in a voice that rings alarmingly true for anybody who knows a know-it-all) confidently declares it something new: an elephant, a squirrel, an umbrella. Will the other chickens ever realize that Chicken Big…is
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Dec 02, 2010
Nancy
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High score: title, front cover. You had me.
Yes: transliteration of chicken-noises. bok!
Alas: all down hill from there. Why? The big chick -- her hair is wrong! (A middle part?!) Also wrong: her eyes -- the kind you learn in olde-time how-to-draw-comics pamphlets -- way too inexpressive. Perhaps it wouldn't matter so much, but she's our Hero. The other chickens aren't quite right, either, sorry to say. The story itself, along with the percolating dialog, might have saved the day if the More...
Yes: transliteration of chicken-noises. bok!
Alas: all down hill from there. Why? The big chick -- her hair is wrong! (A middle part?!) Also wrong: her eyes -- the kind you learn in olde-time how-to-draw-comics pamphlets -- way too inexpressive. Perhaps it wouldn't matter so much, but she's our Hero. The other chickens aren't quite right, either, sorry to say. The story itself, along with the percolating dialog, might have saved the day if the More...
Jul 06, 2011
Kim
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A little chicken lays a big egg which leads to a humongous chick, and the chickens in the coop don't know what to think about it! At first, the smallest chicken thinks it is an elephant, but when an acorn falls and hits the smallest chicken on the head (a little Chicken Little thrown in), the big, humongous chick makes the observation that it is just a tasty acorn. So the others decide since it eats acorns, it must be a squirrel. On and on it goes until they finally figure out what this creat
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Apr 12, 2011
Pam
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Keith Graves is kind of a brilliant guy. I mean he has written a story that's a great read-aloud and which had my two children and myself racing to the end to see what happens.
The story begins with an EGG BIG being laid. Out from it pops a really huge chick. He's so large in fact that the other chickens don't recognize what he is. They stand around using various modifiers that mean BIG until the Smallest Chicken, who isn't "the sharpest beak in the flock", exclaims that More...
The story begins with an EGG BIG being laid. Out from it pops a really huge chick. He's so large in fact that the other chickens don't recognize what he is. They stand around using various modifiers that mean BIG until the Smallest Chicken, who isn't "the sharpest beak in the flock", exclaims that More...
Feb 22, 2011
This is a funny story about a big chicken trying to fit in with the rest of the chickens at the farm. The others do not accept him because he looks so different from the rest of them. The big chicken then does all these good deeds to help the other chickens and they finally realize that he is a chicken even though his appearance may be vastly different. This is a story I would use to teach a lesson about accepting others that are different from us and not judging our peers by outer appearance.
Jan 25, 2011
Christiane
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One day a very surprised hen lays a humongous egg out of which hatches a humongous chick! This leads to trouble in the farmyard as the chick is too big to live in the coop, and is really too big to be a chicken at all. So what is he? Full of expressive, cartoon-like illustrations and clever asides, this is a picture book for older readers who will appreciate the sly humor. It’s also a subtle story about fitting in even when you are different from those around you.
May 19, 2011
Laura
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I liked it! This fun book features a big, humongous chick. The other hens are not the sharpest beaks in the shed and can't figure out quite what this huge chicken might be. They characters are presented consistently and repetitively and even young readers will be able to follow along. The illustrations are fun as well. Everything wraps up nice and neat by the end of the story. Recommended for K - 2.
May 02, 2011
Meg
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An obtrusively large chicken makes for a spoof tale of "Chicken Little". The exclamations from the other chickens will surely make a young or old audience crack up with the absurdities. Although he is deemed an outcast, and the other chickens try to identify exactly what the large body is, Chicken Big saves the others over and over again and teaches the lesson of fitting in...
Jan 18, 2012
Mary
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A fractured folktale of Chicken Little. While Chicken Little was very dumb, Chicken Big is very smart. The other chickens don't know what he is, and think he is anything from an elephant to an umbrella. The smallest chicken thinks the sky is falling, but Chicken Big saves the day. Different episodes like this continue until the other chickens finally realize what Chicken Big really is.
Feb 19, 2011
Kris
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Jan 29, 2012
Jenn
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Run for your lives!!!
This book is fantastic and so funny. I bought it for my nephews and read it to them 3 times the first night. A week later they pretty much have it memorized: both the 7 year old and the almost 4 year old.
If you have little peeps in your life, Chicken Big is one ginormously entertaining read.
This book is fantastic and so funny. I bought it for my nephews and read it to them 3 times the first night. A week later they pretty much have it memorized: both the 7 year old and the almost 4 year old.
If you have little peeps in your life, Chicken Big is one ginormously entertaining read.
Sep 18, 2010
Cindy
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When a small chicken lays a really big egg none of the chicken know what then new edition is. Hilarious illustrations and dialog as the chickens try to figure out just what this enourmous baby is
It would be great for school visits, a bit long for our storytimes. It would work well for grades 1-3
It would be great for school visits, a bit long for our storytimes. It would work well for grades 1-3
Jan 30, 2012
Mary
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I see that this books is supposed to be funny and silly, but I didn't like it. The repetition of the four "other" chickens in the line of "The Little Red Hen" sounded too much "deja vu". Not a good book for storytime, but I can see that younger kids may laugh out loud at the story.
Apr 06, 2011
Hope
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This is a great book to read to your children it is so funny. This book could be used for a language lesson. In the book on each page there are transition words that are highlighted also there are many adjectives throughout the book as they try to describe the big chicken. Too funny.
Jun 23, 2011
Megan
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When an oversized chick hatches from an egg, the chickens aren't sure what to make of him. They first think he's an elephant so they banish him from the chicken coop. Then they see him eating acorns so they think he's a squirrel. When he shields them from the rain, they think he's an umbrella. This confusion continues until the big chick stops a fox from stealing eggs out of the coop. Then he is accepted as a true chicken.
Kids will enjoy the absurdity of the chicken's assumption More...
Kids will enjoy the absurdity of the chicken's assumption More...
Oct 30, 2011
Jennifer
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"On a teeny little farm, in an an-bitty coop, a very small hen laid a big humongous egg."
Surely, it couldn't be a chicken.
An acorn? An elephant? A sweater!?!
""These are not bright chickens," thought the little chick."
Super cute story that had us all laughing!
Surely, it couldn't be a chicken.
An acorn? An elephant? A sweater!?!
""These are not bright chickens," thought the little chick."
Super cute story that had us all laughing!
Sep 15, 2010
Kate Hastings
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Recommended Ages 3-Grade 3. Okay-- I really loved this book. It's very silly and reminds me of Daley B. A giant chicken is born and confuses the not-so-bright chickens in the hen house who think she is an elephant... or an umbrella... or a blanket. Silly, silly!
Nov 01, 2010
Tricia
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When a big chicken arrives in the coop, the other chickens are confused (to say the least). What a funny tale of a patient chick who always looks out for the others. I think this would make a really great puppet play with mild adaptation.
Jan 27, 2011
Westerville
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"Silly fun. A big, humongous chick is born into a coop of dim-witted, regular-size chickens." - Becky, Teen Librarian
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