Chicken Licken,

by Kenneth McLeish

Bright pastel illustrations compliment the classic tale of Chicken Licken and his friends' journey to warn the king of impending disaster

Hardcover

First published September 1, 1998

About the author

John Kenneth Tyrrell McLeish, known as Kenneth McLeish was a British writer, playwright and translator. McLeish, "the most widely respected and prolific translator of drama in Britain", translated all the surviving classical Greek plays, most plays by Henrik Ibsen and Georges Feydeau, and individual plays by Plautus, Molière, Alfred Jarry, August Strindberg, Ödön von Horváth and Eugène Labiche.

Reviews

[Beverly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very appealing, colorful, and highly stylized illustrations grace this traditional story.

[Amanda Schwind · Rating 3 out of 5]

All of the animals' names in this story rhyme, giving the book an added sense of rhythm.