Fancy That!

by Pamela Allen

Little Red Hen hatches her chicks to accompanying barnyard noises

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

25 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1988

About the author

Pamela Kay Allen MNZM AM, born in 1934 in Devonport, New Zealand, is a celebrated children's author and illustrator.
Since the release of her first book, Mr. Archimedes' Bath, in 1980, she has written and illustrated over 50 picture books, selling over five million copies. Renowned for works like Who Sank the Boat?.
Allen has received numerous accolades, including the Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year Award and the Margaret Mahy Medal. Her books have been adapted for the stage and are beloved worldwide. Now residing in Auckland, she remains an icon in children's literature.

Reviews

[Roisin · Rating 4 out of 5]

this is more a 3 star read in my opinion, but Eilidh is a big fan.

[Sue Winson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a silly and fun book to share with young toddlers. There is not much fancy storyline here (to make a short story shorter: a hen hatched some eggs and that made the white leghorns and rooster really excited!), but a very noisy book with lots of silly sounds.

22-month old little-AJ and myself have lots of fun shouting "took took took", "cheep cheep cheep" and "cock-a-doodle doooo". This is not our favourite book (mummy prefers books with entertaining storyline and clever twist, this book lacks both of the elements), but this is undoubtedly a nice read. As usual, I love Pamela Allen's clean illustrations and simple texts.

Blog review here: https://storypleasemummy.wordpress.co...

[Immanuel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fancy That! It's a fancy book!!Laugh!!

[Lara Bate · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about a hen who lays 6 eggs and they all hatch into chicks. Great for toddlers learning the sounds of roosters, hens, and chicks.

[Diana Marsh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this book with my 3yo he enjoyed the sounds of the hens but this did not hold his attention, great if your toddler is learning about chickens

[Vex Guthrie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love chickens so cute

[Christine Meunier · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute story for the kids.

[Jack Kirby and the X-man · Rating 1 out of 5]

In a word - boring.

The plot is that a hen sits on a eggs, then has a discussion with some other hens (in which we can only understand the other hens for some reason), and at the end we discover that the hen was saying the eggs had hatched.

[Edacheeky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Picture books like these were one of the most enjoyable times of my childhood.

[Dee-Ann · Rating 3 out of 5]

This story was a little lack lustre for my boys, but they were intrigued by what was under the chicken.