The Birdy Snatchers (Kung Pow Chicken #3)

by Cyndi Marko (Author) Cyndi Marko (Illustrator)

The Birdy Snatchers (Kung Pow Chicken #3)
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

Kung Pow Chicken is everyone's favorite avian superhero!

This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!

In the third book in this full-color series, Gordon's birdy senses are tingling like crazy! All over the city, chickens are acting strangely. Have they been turned into zombies?! This superhero knows that only a bad guy would steal brains! Kung Pow Chicken is hot on the evil Birdbrain's tail feathers--that is, until an army of zombies birdy-snatches him! What's a superhero to do?

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Review quotes

Praise for Let's Get Cracking!:

*Marko's debut is a perfectly puntastic page-turner. Hybrids of comics and traditional pictures, the goofy all-color illustrations propel the fast-moving, high-interest story. 'Ham and eggs!' —you don't want to miss this! — Kirkus Reviews, starred review

This hilarious kickoff to the Kung Pow Chicken series [is] just the thing for beginning readers. — Publishers Weekly


Step aside, Captain Underpants! There is a new hero in town—this time, with feathers.... Fresh, funny, and packed with full-color illustrations, this new transitional series will be an instant hit with readers looking for silly fun and a touch of mystery. — Booklist

Praise for Bok! Bok! Boom!:

Plenty of punny action in the colorful mix of comic panels and short paragraphs of text. Fans will be glad Kung Pow has at least two more adventures on the way. — Kirkus Reviews

Jokes and puns will keep the attention of eager new readers looking for a fast-paced, funny adventure with unlikely superheroes. — School Library Journal

Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780545610681
Lexile Measure
560
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Scholastic Inc.
Publication date
July 20, 2014
Series
Kung Pow Chicken
BISAC categories
JUV002040 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Birds
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV002090 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Farm Animals
JUV001000 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
JUV045000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Chapter Books
Library of Congress categories
Humorous stories
Chickens
Superheroes
Humorous fiction
Zombies
Supervillains

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