Chicken Butt's Back!
by Erica S Perl (Author) Henry Cole (Illustrator)
"Coles' tickled-pink cartoonish artwork gets right into the mix, the chocolate chip to the cookie dough. The denouement is so merrily explosive that just to imagine the shrieking voices of a read-aloud is mightily cheering." -Kirkus Reviews "Cole's kinetic, acrylic and colored pencil cartoons strike the right tone of mild disobedience."
-Publishers Weekly "Fans of Chicken Butt! are going to love this sequel. This is the kind of book that siblings will beg to read to each other, especially since it's set up for two voices." -School Library Journal
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Publishers Weekly
Mom is so over it: "I'll make this crystal clear: / No more 'Chicken Butt' my dear." But for the star of Chicken Butt! every grocery store item (and everything his mother says) becomes fodder for his favorite joke. With a mischievous chicken egging him on, "Deer-ly Beloved Maple Syrup" gives rise to "DEER BUTT!" and Mom's confused "Which? But..." spawns a booty-shaking witch. Cole's kinetic, acrylic and colored pencil cartoons strike the right tone of mild disobedience, and Mom's half-lidded eyes telegraph her weariness. As in the book itself, parents will likely tire of the joke well before kids do. Ages 3-up. (Apr.)
Copyright 2011 Publishers Weekly, LLC Used with permission.School Library Journal
K-Gr 2--Fans of Chicken Butt! (Abrams, 2009) are going to love this sequel. Mom, whose face clearly shows she's heard enough, tries to resist any overtures or invitations to engage in butt-talk. She's savvy, but not savvy enough and quickly gets drawn into every word trap laid by her irrepressible son--and by Chicken--as they shop in a grocery store. Homonyms and homophones take center stage as "dear"/"deer," "which"/"witch," and "bare"/"bear" get attention, and Mom falls for the all-time biggest trap by asking, "Who's eating under where?" Kids are going to love the spread of the chicken holding pairs of underwear with bites taken out of them. This is the kind of book that siblings will beg to read to each other, especially since it's set up for two voices; parents may soon look like the mom in the book if they have to read it more than once or twice, but it may take a couple of reads to get the flow of the conversation, which is awkward in places. But not to worry; the humor is still there in Cole's exuberant acrylic and colored pencil illustrations.--Maggie Chase, Boise State University, ID
Copyright 2011 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.Erica S. Perl is the author of many popular and critically acclaimed books for young readers. Her picture books include Chicken Butt!, Goatilocks and the Three Bears, and Ferocious Fluffity. She is a crowd-pleasing presenter at schools, libraries, and community events. Erica honed her skills working as a trial lawyer in New York City, and, before that, studying theater and driving an ice cream truck. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her family, which includes dogs and - of course - guinea pigs.
Amy Young has written and illustrated many picture books for children. These include the series A Unicorn Named Sparkle, about a mail-order unicorn, and the Belinda the Ballerina series, about a graceful ballerina who has enormous feet. Like Erica, Amy has had many jobs over the years, having worked as a waitress, a construction worker, a farm hand, and an attorney. She loves her current job best of all. Amy lives in western Michigan with her charming husband Paul and their domineering cat, Xena, Warrior Kitty.Stories in rhyme
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