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Chicken Big

September 22, 2010 by Nancy

At 5 Minutes for Books, we are proud to feature books across many genres for children and adults. This week is all about highlighting children’s books, but if you are a fan of Audiobooks as I am, peruse some of the reviews in the archives.

Read the anchor post to find all of the Fall Festival of Children’s Books reviews and see how you can get involved as well.

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On a teeny little farm, in an itty-bitty coop, a very small hen laid a big, giant egg. And out of this egg came one big, humongous . . . something. “It’s big!” clucked the little rooster. “It’s enormous!” clucked the small chicken. “It’s an elephant!” peeped the smallest chicken. “Run for your lives!” they cried. No matter how they try, these clueless chickens can’t make sense of the gigantic new member of their family—until he saves the day.

Chicken Big by Keith Graves is a hilarious twist on the classic Chicken Little tale. Each time the smallest chicken comes up with another explanation to explain the giant chicken, Chicken Big shows why he’s not a squirrel, an umbrella or a sweater. He also has a droll sense of humor, thinking “these are not bright chickens.”

The illustrations are fun but simple, and the chickens are surprisingly expressive, considering they’re chickens. The story is told in a prose that sometimes rhymes, sometimes not. And of course there’s a moral, that you shouldn’t jump to conclusions without knowing all of the information, though Chicken Big takes it all in stride and shows his fellow chickens why he’s not what they think he is.

Chicken Big is rated for ages 4-8 and as always my 7 year old appreciated the humor of the story, while the 3 year old thought the drawings were hilarious. He doesn’t quite get the misunderstandings, since it’s obvious to him that Chicken Big isn’t an elephant, but he enjoyed it nonetheless.

I haven’t read any of the other books by Keith Graves but after seeing how much my boys loved Chicken Big I’m looking forward seeing what else he has to offer.

Chronicle Books is offering one copy of Keith Graves’ Chicken Big to one lucky 5 Minutes for Books reader. Simply leave a comment here to be entered, (U.S. and Canada residents only), and we’ll announce the winner on October 2. This giveaway is closed.

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Nancy can do an eerily realistic chicken cluck and writes about her 2 boys and life in Colorado at Life With My Boys.

Filed Under: Children's Books, Easy Readers, Nancy, Picture Books Tagged With: Fall Festival of Children's Books

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Comments

  1. Jessi E. says

    September 22, 2010 at 12:24 am

    This looks like a cute book – a very nice read! 🙂 Thanks for hosting this giveaway.

  2. Anne says

    September 22, 2010 at 12:30 am

    Humor and a good lesson all at once – what a find! I’m all about it!

  3. Hannah says

    September 22, 2010 at 8:52 am

    I’d love to win this book. It looks so cute!

  4. Mindy says

    September 22, 2010 at 9:19 am

    I’d love to win this book. It’s so cute 🙂

  5. Jen says

    September 22, 2010 at 9:50 am

    Love it…can’t wait to read it.

  6. Annette W says

    September 22, 2010 at 9:50 am

    This does look like fun! I agree that my kids often don’t get the real humor…but still laugh at the illustrations!

  7. Wendy M says

    September 22, 2010 at 11:02 am

    This book sound like a lot of fun, and I know my son would love it.
    wmmahaney(at)att(dot)net

  8. katklaw777 says

    September 22, 2010 at 11:35 am

    This looks like an fun and entertaining book that my kids would luv, thanks.

  9. Rita says

    September 22, 2010 at 1:57 pm

    Delightful book for the 5 yr-old grandson.
    I’d love it too 😉
    Thank you!

  10. Alison S. says

    September 22, 2010 at 2:09 pm

    Love reading all your reviews of children’s books.

  11. Ruthie B says

    September 22, 2010 at 3:27 pm

    I have to enter this one for my 4 year old grandson…he would love this!

    [email protected]

  12. Marj M. says

    September 22, 2010 at 3:29 pm

    Noah would like this one.

  13. Kirsten says

    September 22, 2010 at 3:30 pm

    Sounds cute! Thanks for the opportunity 🙂

  14. Jessica T says

    September 22, 2010 at 3:35 pm

    My son LOVES funny books . . . ! This looks great!

  15. Casey says

    September 22, 2010 at 4:26 pm

    A book to save for my 3 year old’s bday in the Spring. PS Loving this campaign!

  16. Linda Kish says

    September 22, 2010 at 5:59 pm

    This would be cute for my DIL’s niece.

    lkish77123 at gmail dot com

  17. Amy says

    September 22, 2010 at 8:58 pm

    Looks cute! Sign me up!

  18. CrazyDog says

    September 22, 2010 at 9:35 pm

    That sounds like an awesome book! Exactly the kind of thing I enjoy having my kids read – in addition to the classics of course 🙂

  19. Carolyn says

    September 22, 2010 at 9:56 pm

    Love it! So fun!

  20. Angela W. says

    September 23, 2010 at 11:46 pm

    Appears to be a fun read! Thanks for the giveaway.

  21. tennille says

    September 23, 2010 at 11:58 pm

    i love stories that are silly but have a moral

  22. Krista says

    September 24, 2010 at 3:14 am

    Cute! We like the Chicken Little story so this would be a fun companion!

  23. JRFrugalMom says

    September 24, 2010 at 8:01 am

    This sounds like a really fun book.

    I linked up your giveaway at the Book Giveaway Linky at Story Time Under the Stars.

    • Jennifer (5 Minutes for Books) says

      September 24, 2010 at 9:23 am

      Thanks for linking it up! Be sure to leave a comment on the main post saying you did. You can count that towards a giveaway in the Grand Prize.

  24. lisa says

    September 24, 2010 at 10:31 am

    i have never heard of this I am going to check it out… thanks

  25. Beth C says

    September 24, 2010 at 11:27 am

    Such a cute book. I’d love to be entered!
    pbclark(at)netins(dot)net

  26. Rebecca Booth says

    September 24, 2010 at 12:08 pm

    I would love to win this for my grandson.

  27. Melissa P. says

    September 24, 2010 at 3:28 pm

    My son would love this book
    Mel4Him777{at}gmail{dot}com

  28. Tami says

    September 24, 2010 at 7:28 pm

    Looks like fun!

  29. Amanda says

    September 24, 2010 at 10:46 pm

    My DS’s favorite book is chicken little, this would be such a neat read for the two of us!

  30. Some Lucky Dog says

    September 25, 2010 at 4:46 am

    Thank you for all the posts on childrens books! My list is getting long 🙂

  31. Megan says

    September 26, 2010 at 9:03 am

    My boys would love this book!

  32. nan lara says

    September 26, 2010 at 10:48 pm

    thanks for the chance
    nannypanpan at sbcglobal.net

  33. Amber says

    September 27, 2010 at 5:00 pm

    How cute! Thanks for a chance to win!

  34. Tori says

    September 29, 2010 at 11:52 pm

    Sounds like a cute book!!

  35. Melissa R. says

    September 30, 2010 at 2:47 pm

    I’d love to be entered. Thanks!

    giveawaymommy at yahoo.com

  36. Jody says

    October 1, 2010 at 2:45 pm

    Chicken Little has always been such a favorite in our family. This book “Chicken Big” would make a great addition to our book collection. It sounds delightful.

  37. Steph says

    October 1, 2010 at 6:36 pm

    I love the whole idea of this book. My kids would get a big kick out of it.

  38. Upstatemomof3 says

    October 1, 2010 at 9:12 pm

    My son loves these kind of books. He is just old enough to really get the humor and he will just laugh and laugh at funny books.

  39. Natalia D says

    October 1, 2010 at 9:57 pm

    Nice book

  40. Books and Learning says

    February 17, 2011 at 1:42 pm

    This looks like a great book to promote learning with your kid! Stories that are both engaging, AND provide morals are what I’m always looking for!

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