| Title | : | Chicken Soup |
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| ISBN | : | 0810983265 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780810983267 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 40 |
| Publication | : | First published May 1, 2009 |
The unbeatable mother-son team of award-winning and bestselling author Jean Van Leeuwen, whose Oliver and Amanda Pig books are a children’s literature staple, and her son, up-and-coming illustrator David Gavril (Penelope Nuthatch and the Big Surprise), have created a charming picture book very much in the spirit of Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type.
F&P level: K
F&P genre: F
Chicken Soup Reviews
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A cute, surprisingly suspenseful book about a misunderstanding in the barn yard. This is one of those books that makes me think it's weird that any kids grow up to NOT be vegetarian, given how many children's books and movies are about barn yard animals being terrified of being eaten by humans.
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On a fantasy barnyard, word travels fast...the farmer is planning to make chicken soup! Little Chickie is on the run, getting help from the other farm animals, but her sneezes keep giving her away! The farmer catches her and brings her into the kitchen....to enjoy a big bowl of vegetable soup to help soothe her stuffy beak.
CHICKEN SOUP presents the idea that nobody wants to be eaten in an extremely gentle and funny way...one that will appeal to mainstream audiences without turning them off. (Although, more humane-minded families will probably cringe at the farmer's picking up Chickie by one leg, and the idealized depiction of dairy farming.) This would be a really nice read-aloud for a classroom or library setting, with kids from a wide variety of backgrounds. -
Word gets 'round the farm that the people are making chicken soup, so the chickens are on the run. Little Chickie has a runny beak and keeps sneezing, giving up their hiding spots. Predictably, the farmer and his wife have made
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This was okay. It's a story about chickens running away and hiding because they think the farmer's wife is preparing to make chicken soup. However, the main character, a baby chick, has a cold and keeps sneezing. Meanwhile, the farmer is hot on the chick's tail. What will be the chick's fate?
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I thought this was a cute book, and sweet to read.
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It has a funny twist at the end that kids would definitely find funny. It is a cute story and has lots of onomatopoeias, and that may be good for a lesson.
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Good for Story Time
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A funny story about misunderstandings.
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This is a fun read-aloud that begins with much concern from the farm animals when Mrs. Farmer takes out her big pot. Little Chickie is warned to run and hide because when the big pot appears, it definitely means chicken soup is going to be made.
The illustrations by David Gavril aptly show the worry on the animals' faces and Little Chickie's frustration as she tries to hide while suffering from a cold. Little Chickie can't help but give herself away each time she sneezes. Meanwhile, the farmer is getting closer and closer.
This book lends itself well to story times and to lap readings. On each spread children can hunt for the little fly buzzing around and they can be active in the reading of each "PSSSST!" and"Aah-choo!"
The book is also appropriate for beginning readers with easy to read text and just a few of those rare words that good books have, as a way to help children develop a larger vocabulary. -
There are sounds in this book, and various noises--it's all about a chicken hiding from a farmer who is preparing to make soup. I liked how this would make a great read aloud book. The book ended the only way that would be humane for children. *Plot Spoiler* The farmer ends up finding the chicken and has made vegetable soup to treat the chickens cold. So, I get why the farmer could not kill and de-feather and then eat the chicken. That would not be a good children's book. But I don't like how the chicken was all prepared to be eating and then the ending is all buddy-buddy. Either a story needs to start out as a pro-chicken/human relationship or its chickens vs. humans, and the story needs to be about the chicken. Otherwise, it's just confusing. For ages 4-8.
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Mrs. Farmer has taken out the big soup pot and Mr. Farmer is looking for Little Chickie….As animals pass this information around the farm, the chickens run for their lives and Little Chickie, who has a bit of a cold, doesn't have the energy to run far…so he looks for all sorts of creative hiding places. She can't outrun the "CLOMP, CLOMP, CLOMP" of Mr. Farmer's steps getting closer and closer. Just when things look bad for our small, yellow hero there is a surprise twist and a happy ending. No chickens were hurt in the writing of this book…my story time audience loved this book, stomping their feet and looking scared for Chickie. The simple text is filled with fun cold noises, and the illustrations are big and bold and filled with fun.
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This book has an ominous theme, of running away and hiding to save your life from someone who is out to get you. The farmer's wife has taken out the big pot and that can only mean one thing...chicken soup. The chickens scatter and the chase ensues, especially for a poor little chickie with a cold, who keeps giving away his hiding place by sneezing. The illustrations are cute and colorful and they narrative is pleasing to young children, with lots of repetition and onomatopoeia that make them giggle. And of course there is a big surprise ending that is all too predictable, even for a child. Overall, it's a fun story to read aloud.
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What do you do when a chicken has a cold? Well, making chicken soup is certainly out of the question!
When the animals learn that Mrs. Farmer is getting her big pot out, they quickly inform the chickens that she's making chicken soup. The chickens immediately skedaddle...except for little Chickie who has a cold.
Mr. Farmer is getting closer and closer, but Chickie just can't stop sneezing everywhere. Soon, though, Chickie is in the clutches of Mr. Farmer. What's a sick chick to do?
Read Chicken Soup for a surprising romp around the farm! -
This book is silly. Depending on the age of the child reading this book, I believe there are aspects of the story that would go over the students head. Sometimes those are the best stories. I remember as a small child watching movies that I loved. Watching them now that I am older, there are all kinds of innuendos I did not get. I think it would be the same for this story for very young readers. I like the illustrations as well. One picture specifically was cracking me up. All of the chickens were hiding in a pile of hay. All you could see were a bunch of eyes.
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On the tail of the slug book that terrified Vivian, she was nervous about this one's ending. Little chickie is sick with a cold and the farmer is trying to catch it. All the other animals warn that chickie should run rather than become soup. Ending is a happy one when chickie is invited into the farmhouse to eat rather than be the soup. See potential for reading aloud to group...may try with outreach.
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Looking for more books to go in the Farm theme. This looks like a definite possibility. I like the different animals. I like the ending. I like the different things that makes him sneeze and I always enjoy giving a fake sneeze.
4/29/15 Definitely kept the kids' attention--waiting to see if the farmer caught the chicken and what would happen. They enjoyed my fake sneezes (though with the allergies--I was worried a real one would come along!). They loved the ending. Good intro for Farm theme. -
The animals spread the word... Mrs. Farmer is making chicken soup today. The chickens run to hide, but poor little chick is sick and it's hard for him to run and hide. He sniffles and sneezes and gives their hiding place away. Mr. Farmer follows them through the farmyard, calling 'here chick chick'. Finally he grabs little chick and carries him to the kitchen... where Mrs. Farmer has made a nice vegetable soup for little chick because she heard that he was sick.
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All of the barnyard animals see the farmer getting out her big soup pot and they start whispering, "She's making chicken soup, run for your lives!" But little chick has a cold and can't run as fast. He hides all kinds of places, but they just make him sneeze! Will little chick be saved?
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With all the repetition and the build-up of tension (the farmer's boots clomp clomp clomp closer and closer to the little chick every time he tries to escape and gives away his hiding spot with a big sneeze), this is a good choice for storytime, especially with the nice ending: the soup is for the chicken, not made of chicken!
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Little chick has a cold. All the chickens hide when the hear Mrs. Farmer is making chicken soup, but little chick keeps giving them away by sneezing everywhere they hide. When the farmer finally catches the little chicken, they actually have him over for dinner because Mrs. Farmer has made veggie soup for him since he is sick, not to put him in the soup. Very cute.
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The farmers wife took out the big pot. What does that mean? Chicken soup. All the chicken hide except for one little chick who is not feeling well. Everywhere the chickens hide they are found because the sick chick sneezes. Nice cadence of the farmer's footstep will make for a great read aloud with a twist.
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Fun read-a-loud with lots of onomatopoeia and bright, playful illustrations. Toddlers and preschoolers will like naming the animals and colours they see, and making noises to go along. Search for the fly on every page! This would be a cute book for a vegetarian family (although the title might not sell them). Bonus points for calling Mrs. Farmer Mrs. Farmer and not "the Farmer's Wife."
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I was worried that this book was going to be disturbing because the majority of the book is about the farmer chasing chickens around the farm because he wants to make chicken soup. It has a happy ending though because he was actually making vegetable soup for the chicken who has a cold. Sorry for the spoiler!
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While looking for books for a chicken centered story time (we're hatching chicks at the library and plan on a chick story time after the chicks have actually hatched), I came across Chicken Soup. With all of the animal noises and the sneezing chick this would make a good addition.
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Lots of good opportunities for the kids to sneeze, clomp, and pssst along with the story.
