Awarded a 2011 Caldecott Honor! A favorite joke inspires this New York Times best-selling 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 Hood or even Chicken Little, she jumps into the story to save its hapless characters from doing some dangerous or silly thing. Now it's the little red chicken's turn to tell a story, but will her yawning papa make it to the end without his own kind of interrupting? Energetically illustrated with glowing colors--and offering humorous story-within-a-story views--this all-too-familiar tale is sure to amuse (and hold the attention of ) spirited little chicks.Author: David Ezra SteinPublisher: Candlewick Press (MA)Published: 08/10/2010Pages: 40Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.70h x 10.90w x 0.50dISBN: 9780763641689Audience: Ages 4-8Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 2.2Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz #/Name: 138242 / Interrupting ChickenAward: Caldecott Medal - Honor BookAward: Cybils - WinnerAward: Golden Kite - Honor BookAward: Kentucky Bluegrass Award - NomineeAward: Georgia Children's Book Award - NomineeAward: Buckeye Children's Book Award - NomineeAward: Buckaroo Book Award - NomineeAward: Colorado Children's Book Award - NomineeAward: Grand Canyon Reader Award - NomineeAward: North Carolina Children's Book Award - NomineeAward: Volunteer State Book Awards - Runner-UpAward: Ladybug Picture Book Award - NomineeAward: Delaware Diamonds Award - NomineeAward: Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award - Second PlaceAward: Nevada Young Readers' Award - NomineeAward: Monarch Award - Third PlaceAward: Golden Archer Award - NomineeAward: Young Hoosier Book Award - NomineeAward: California Young Reader Medal - NomineeAward: Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award - WinnerAward: Florida Children's Book Award - WinnerAward: Golden Sower Award - NomineeReview Citation(s): Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2011 pg. 47Publishers Weekly 07/19/2010School Library Journal 07/01/2010 pg. 69Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2010 pg. 630Booklist 09/15/2010 pg. 69About the AuthorDavid Ezra Stein is an author-illustrator whose previous books include Leaves, winner of an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award. He lives in Kew Gardens, New York.
