Gimme Cracked Corn and I Will Share
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One night, Chicken dreams of a treasure trove of cracked corn-"all the corn that any chicken could ever want"-hidden under a pig in a faraway barn. Chicken decides to follow his dream, recruiting his wisecracking friend George for the trip. Along the way, they cross a road, encounter a basketball game where someone calls "foul," and have to "duck" when a hawk attacks them. But is Chicken's dream really "all it's cracked up to be"? Full-color pen-and-ink and digital illustrations.
ISBN: 9780802796851
JLG Release: Dec 2007
Sensitive Areas:
None
Topics:
Dreams
, Treasures
, Corn
, Journeys
, Danger
, Pigs
Praise & Reviews
Starred or favorable reviews have been received from these periodicals:
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, Booklist, The Horn Book Magazine, The Horn Book Guide^, Kirkus Reviews*, Publishers Weekly*, School Library Journal*
Horn Book
Chicken dreams of a barn with all the corn any chicken could want. His friend George thinks Chicken is yolking, but decides to go along to look. This corny story will tickle many a funny bone, eggsactly its intention. Elegantly bucolic and ironically decorous pen and watercolor illustrations add to the lunacy; conversation balloons show the charact Chicken dreams of a barn with all the corn any chicken could want. His friend George thinks Chicken is yolking, but decides to go along to look. This corny story will tickle many a funny bone, eggsactly its intention. Elegantly bucolic and ironically decorous pen and watercolor illustrations add to the lunacy; conversation balloons show the characters cracking jokes at will.
Book Details
ISBN
9780802796851
First Release
December 2007
Genre
Humorous fiction.
Dewey Classification
E
Trim Size
8 1/2" x 11"
Page Count
32
Accelerated Reader
Level 2.8; Points: 0.5;
Scholastic Reading Counts
Level 2.7; Points: 1;
Lexile
Level 530L
Format
Print Book
Edition
-
Publisher
Walker
Potentially Sensitive Areas
None
Topics
Dreams, Treasures, Corn, Journeys, Danger, Pigs,
