Interrupting+Chicken



//Interrupting Chicken // By David Ezra Stein


 * Bibliographical Information: **

Title: //Interrupting Chicken//

Author: David Ezra Stein

Illustrator: David Ezra Stein

ISBN: 9780763641689

Publisher: Candlewick Press, U.S.

Publication date: 5/5/2011

Age range: 3 - 7 Years Language: English


 * __Summary__ **
 * //Interrupting Chicken// by David Ezra Stein, is about a Father chicken trying to put his daughter chicken to bed by reading a story. The problem is everytime the chicken hears a story she gets excited and interrupts the story. After each time the Daughter interupts the father gets frustrated snd he makes her promise to listen to the next story. After the father chicken runs out of books he ask the daughter to make up her own story instead.


 *  __Review:__ **

I chose Interrupting Chicken because my mom is a librarian and I asked he for a book I can read to my cousin about patients. My mom showed me the book because my cousin is a lot like the daughter chicken in the book. He always interrupts to tell his version of a story. I thought this book would be relatable for early childhood teacher because often young children have a hard time waiting their turn to talk. I also really like the illustration in the book. The pictures are very detailed and a different style. Interrupting Chicken is geared towards younger students about pre-K to first grade. The book uses easy language for the students to understand and repetitive themes. The illustrations in the book capture the attention of readers and students ask for the book to be reread. Interrupting Chicken uses text features such as quote bubbles that are easy for young readers memorize helping them develop retelling and sequencing skills.The book won a 2nd place Caldecott Honor award in 2011.


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 * illustrations
 * The illustrations in the book are very colorful and detailed. The drawings express the emotions of the characters clearly. The strong illustrations will capture the attention of young readers and they will ask for the story to be read more than once. The clear depiction of characters emotion will help developing readers retell the story help develop their literary skills like sequencing. For example, each time the young chicken interrupts the story the papa chicken is clearly frustrated. It is depicted by after each time the father chicken gets more disheveled. Young readers can connect his appearance to his frustration. The illustration also use a details in the bedroom of the daughter chicken. The details in her room will make the story relatable for young readers when they connect the book to their bedtime routine.

David Ezra Stein was born in Brooklyn, New York and has enjoyed books from a young age. He went to Parsons School of Design in Manhattan where a professor encouraged him to write children's books. Stein is an author and illustrator who has published his first book //Cowboy Ned & Andy// in 2006. Besides writing and illustrating Stein has also worked as a puppeteer, puppet builder, window display designer, interior decorator, a set designer and a cartoonist. Stein has won various awards for his work with children's literature. Among those awards is a Caldecott Honor award in 2011 for his book //Interrupting Chicken//.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; vertical-align: baseline;">__About the Author__ **


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Related links.__ **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; vertical-align: baseline;">A video reading
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfhbdD69qJw__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; vertical-align: baseline;">A Video with author Stein talking about his illustrations
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_-ul5VQEcs__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; vertical-align: baseline;">A link to the author's website.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.davidezra.com/__]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; vertical-align: baseline;">A link to a list of activities connecting to the book.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.333333333333332px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://www.candlewick.com/book_files/9999999911.kit.6.pdf__]