Cheerful Chick
by Martha Brockenbrough (Author) Brian Won (Illustrator)
A fabulously sunny picture book for the optimist in all of us (or the optimist we wish we could be!)
Right from the moment Chick is born, she wants to lead the other animals in cheer! Unfortunately, the rest of the barnyard just isn't quiiiite as enthusiastic. Lucky for little Chick she has a whole squad of siblings who are backing her up (even when she doesn't realize it)!
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PreS-Gr 1--Chick is a natural-born cheerleader. She hatches out of her egg waving pompoms, ready to inspire others with her moves and her words. But to realize her dream, she must ignore all naysayers. Her persistence leads to her dreams coming true; not just for herself, but for the other animals on the farm who want to be cheerful, too. Brockenbrough's cheerleading chicks are male and female. Their feathers range in color from beige to brown. They wear 1950s-style outfits and speak in rhyme. Won uses spreads to emphasize the size contrast between the chicks and the bigger farm animals (pig, horse, cow), and to showcase Chick utilizing the whole farmyard as a gymnasium. VERDICT A funny story about realizing one's dreams and accepting other's natural talents.--Tanya Boudreau, Cold Lake Public Library, Alta.
Copyright 2018 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.Publishers Weekly
Persistence and self-awareness win out in this story of a bird trying to find her true squad. Brockenbrough and Won introduce persistent, perky Chicken, who, much to the chagrin of the entire barnyard, "loved to cheer." Wearing a coordinated sweater and pleated skirt, Chicken practices "side splits, wing stands, super punches" before setting out to realize "her lifelong dream/ to build a barnyard cheering team." Disappointments follow when the barnyard grown-ups--grumpy Mr. Pig, apathetic Ms. Cow, and sleepy Mr. Sheep--one by one rebuff her attempts at inclusion. ("Who am I," mopey Chicken asks, "if I cannot cheer?") Even as she moves from personal defeat to self-realization ("she didn't need those other folk--/ Just wings and legs and lots of yolk"), she fails to notice the retinue of uniformed chicks following her around the farm. But they're the key to her happy ending--and everyone else's. Brockenbrough's rhymes mimic the rhythm and pacing of a cheer, while Won's depiction of Chicken's world is full of color and pep. This is an encouraging tale for the enthusiastic. Ages 4-8. Author's agent: Sarah Davies, Greenhouse Literary. Illustrator's agent: Rubin Pfeffer, Rubin Pfeffer Content. (Jan.)
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Grace Lin is the award-winning and bestselling author and illustrator of Starry River of the Sky, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, The Year of the Dog, The Year of the Rat, Dumpling Days, and Ling & Ting, as well as picture books such as A Big Bed for Little Snow and A Big Mooncake for Little Star Grace is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and lives in Massachusetts. Her website is www.gracelin.com.
Julia Kuo is a Taiwanese-American illustrator who has worked with the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Google. She also illustrated The Sound of Silence. Julia has taught illustration courses at Columbia College Chicago and at her alma mater, Washington University in St. Louis. She was the visual arm of Chicago's 2017 March for Science and has had the honor of being an artist-in-residence at Banff Centre for the Arts in 2014 and in 2017.
Julia is currently the recipient of a 2019-2021 Gray Center Mellon Collaborative Fellowship at the University of Chicago.
JUV039140 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
JUV032000 - Juvenile Fiction | Sports & Recreation | General
Stories in rhyme
Chickens
Domestic animals
Farms
Chicks
Cheerleading
