Interrupting Chicken

Interrupting Chicken

• David Ezra Stein
• First Edition

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 <em>Hansel and Grettel</em> or <em>Little Red Riding Hood</em> or even <em>Chicken Little</em>, she jumps into the story to save its hapless characters from doing some dangerous or silly thing. <br /><br />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.<br /><br />A favorite joke inspires this charming tale, in which a little chicken’s habit of interrupting bedtime stories is gleefully turned on its head.<br /><br />Awarded a 2011 Caldecott Honor!