Chicken Little by Rebecca Emberley and Ed Emberley

Emberley, Rebecca and Ed Emberley Chicken Little Roaring Brook Press, 2009. $16.95. PICTURE BOOK - Language G, Sexual Content G, Violence G – Caldecott award winner, Ed Emberley and his daughter Rebecca have combined their talents to create a comic interpretation of the time honored classic. In their version Chicken Little literally bumps into Henny Penny, Lucky Ducky and Loosey Goosey with Bonk!, Awk!, and Onk! sound effects. The highly saturated colors of the birds as well as their simple cut paper shapes are fun and eye catching, but the snarky and shortened story does not evoke the same meaning as the traditional repetitive tale. Add as an alternate telling but not as your primary version of the fable. EL (K-3) ELEMENTARY- OPTIONAL. Janell Pearce-Mattheus, Youth Services Librarian, Whitmore Library.