Fox and Hen Together
CCBC Review:
Hen’s romance with Fox, introduced in the breathless picture book The Chicken Thief (U.S. edition: Enchanted Lion, 2010), is maturing nicely, and the couple has reached the next milestone in their life together: Hen is with child—or, with egg. But the cupboard is bare, and she passes the egg off to Fox for some bonding time while she and Crab venture out with a fishing pole. What starts out as a calm day at sea turns into a monumental Big Fish Story, as the duo is carried aloft by a raptor and dropped into its nest of Big Baby Birds with gaping maws. An escape immediately plunges them into an epic sea battle with something that looks a bit like the Loch Ness Monster, but Hen, victorious, eventually arrives home toting the dead sea creature. Her success is stifled when she discovers a broken egg shell next to a frying pan on the kitchen table. About to bean the infanticidal Fox with the frying pan, she sees in the nick of time that he’s cuddling a hybrid fox-chicken baby. Clever illustrations carry this amusing wordless sequel. ©2011 Cooperative Children's Book Center
Illustrated by Beatrice Rodriguez
CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 4-8
Age Range:
PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)
Format:
Picture book
Subjects:
Action/Adventure
Animals (Fiction)
Babies
Humor
Surprise Endings
Wordless Books
Publisher:
Enchanted Lion
Publish Year: 2011
Pages: 24
ISBN: 9781592701094
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Rodriguez