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Chicken Nugget
My name is Nugget. Chicken Nugget.
This is my family.
I'm the smallest.
And when you're the smallest, nobody ever listens.
When Nugget's long-lost-cousin Franz turns up, all isn't quite as it seems. There's definitely something fishy - or foxy - about this chicken. This is Nugget's chance to save the day, because sometimes the bravest hero of all is just a little chicken.
This is my family.
I'm the smallest.
And when you're the smallest, nobody ever listens.
When Nugget's long-lost-cousin Franz turns up, all isn't quite as it seems. There's definitely something fishy - or foxy - about this chicken. This is Nugget's chance to save the day, because sometimes the bravest hero of all is just a little chicken.
- GenresPicture Books
32 pages, Paperback
First published March 22, 2016
About the author
Michelle Robinson
163 books49 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.
When I'm not up to my knees in nappies, I write children's books. I also spend a fair amount of time eating chocolate. I try to write funny, read-aloud books that parents will enjoy as much as children - after all, if you have to share the same stories umpteen times, you may as well enjoy them.
I hope you like my books enough to read them umpteen times. Thank you - Michelle.
When I'm not up to my knees in nappies, I write children's books. I also spend a fair amount of time eating chocolate. I try to write funny, read-aloud books that parents will enjoy as much as children - after all, if you have to share the same stories umpteen times, you may as well enjoy them.
I hope you like my books enough to read them umpteen times. Thank you - Michelle.
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February 25, 2016
Poor little Chicken Nugget. No one listens to you, and everyone else always has more than you. But when your funny looking long-lost cousin Franz turns up, you do come out of your shell. Then, when your family gets in a right flap, you pluck up a lot of courage and show them what a big heart you have.
This story quickly establishes that Chicken Nugget has an issue with being the smallest in the family, and with the story being told in the first person, we soon empathise with his or her predicament (love the way the gender is left for you to decide).
Tom McLaughlin’s bright and lively illustrations perfectly match the story, and let the reader in on Franz’s secret- while Chicken Nugget is naively unaware of the danger Franz brings.Michelle Robinson cracks plenty of egg related jokes to keep the grown up readers amused, and the ending has a very satisfying resolution and punchline!
This is a chirpy twist on the classic chicken versus fox story, which my nearly-three year old enjoyed as much as me.
Happy Reading!
Pippa
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This story quickly establishes that Chicken Nugget has an issue with being the smallest in the family, and with the story being told in the first person, we soon empathise with his or her predicament (love the way the gender is left for you to decide).
Tom McLaughlin’s bright and lively illustrations perfectly match the story, and let the reader in on Franz’s secret- while Chicken Nugget is naively unaware of the danger Franz brings.Michelle Robinson cracks plenty of egg related jokes to keep the grown up readers amused, and the ending has a very satisfying resolution and punchline!
This is a chirpy twist on the classic chicken versus fox story, which my nearly-three year old enjoyed as much as me.
Happy Reading!
Pippa
@hellopipski
hellopipski.wordpress.com
September 18, 2024
I love this book! It is so clever and funny. Kids will delight in seeing all the names of the characters, and they'll probably figure out who Franz really is long before anyone else in the book does!
May 20, 2016
This was just not a good book for multiple reasons.
Going by the cover I was curious as to why a chicken would hold hands with a clearly visible fox, so I started reading and I immediately had a big dislike for the chicken.
Sorry, I get it your life sucks. You are tiny, you don't get enough food, your family uses you as pillow, your family doesn't see you for who you are, blablabla. He just kept complaining, and sure, his life might have been a bit unfair, but he had a loving family, a loving teacher.
But not only Nugget was annoying, the fox was too. Instead of laughing that people didn't notice he was a fox, I was annoyed and wondered how the hell they didn't notice. Hello, he is just wearing 1 beak and maybe a few feathers.... how can you not see this is a bad guy? I know there is this trope that is about this, it is called Paper-Thin Disguise. I just hate it when it gets used. Maybe kids don't get it, or there is something else. But I just can't get it. How did these chickens not get extinct if they are this stupid and let anyone who is wearing a beak in their house.
Of course you can guess the ending, I won't spoil anything of course, but I didn't like the ending it was too obvious, too magical.
Also what is up with the Chicken family's names? Did they just want to get eaten or something?
The art was pretty decent.
Would I recommend this one? No. Unless you don't mind that you can guess the ending + you don't paper-thin disguises.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com
Going by the cover I was curious as to why a chicken would hold hands with a clearly visible fox, so I started reading and I immediately had a big dislike for the chicken.
Sorry, I get it your life sucks. You are tiny, you don't get enough food, your family uses you as pillow, your family doesn't see you for who you are, blablabla. He just kept complaining, and sure, his life might have been a bit unfair, but he had a loving family, a loving teacher.
But not only Nugget was annoying, the fox was too. Instead of laughing that people didn't notice he was a fox, I was annoyed and wondered how the hell they didn't notice. Hello, he is just wearing 1 beak and maybe a few feathers.... how can you not see this is a bad guy? I know there is this trope that is about this, it is called Paper-Thin Disguise. I just hate it when it gets used. Maybe kids don't get it, or there is something else. But I just can't get it. How did these chickens not get extinct if they are this stupid and let anyone who is wearing a beak in their house.
Of course you can guess the ending, I won't spoil anything of course, but I didn't like the ending it was too obvious, too magical.
Also what is up with the Chicken family's names? Did they just want to get eaten or something?
The art was pretty decent.
Would I recommend this one? No. Unless you don't mind that you can guess the ending + you don't paper-thin disguises.
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com
August 21, 2016
Funny tale with a lot of heart - the children loved this being read to them!
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April 18, 2017
It's ok for a time filler, lost interest half way through. Wouldn't want to read it again.
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