Bear and Chicken
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Humor, a surprise ending, and an unlikely friendship make Bear and Chicken fall into the ranks with Mo Willems and Dev Petty, and the soup recipe at the end will inspire young chefs to get into the kitchen and cook!
When Bear finds a chicken frozen in the winter snow, he brings it home to try to defrost it. As Chicken thaws-um, awakens-he fears that Bear is actually prepping to eat him. Oh no! All signs are pointing to a fateful end for Chicken-being wrapped like a burrito, chopped basil and veggies sitting on the counter, the huge pot on the stove that's just the right size for a chicken to fit inside.
It's almost time for lunch, so Chicken makes a run for it! But in the end, Chicken learns that perhaps he too quickly jumped to conclusions. This funny and clever friendship tale teaches kids that things are not always as they seem, while learning a thing or two about making soup with a friend!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Ho (If You're Spooky and You Know It) creates delicious suspense in a story built around a familiar theme: a small creature worrying that it is about to be eaten. After finding Chicken frozen in the snow, Bear carries her into his cozy home and wonders, "How does one defrost a chicken?" He places Chicken in front of a blazing fire, "burrito-wrapped" in a blanket, which does the trick. But when Bear jovially informs Chicken that she has awakened "just in time," the worried bird wonders, "In time for what?" As Bear boils water in a large pot, "Chicken simmered in suspicion," imagining herself submerged in soup stock. These sprinklings of culinary jargon and easily misconstrued dialogue give the story its mischievous sense of humor: "Onions, chop. Carrots, chop. Celery, chop chop. Hmmm... what else is missing?' said Bear." Ho's matte artwork has a pleasing simplicity yet imbues both characters with plenty of personality. She closes with a brief note about black bears (a mostly vegetarian species) and a recipe for Bear's vegetable soup. Ages 4 8.
