Chicken Little and the Big Bad Wolf (The Real Chicken Little)

by Sam Wedelich, Sam Wedelich (Illustrator)

Overview

If you like Mo Willems’ Pigeon, you’ll love Sam Wedelich’s Chicken Little!

Chicken Little is NOT afraid of anything, not even a wolf. No matter how big or bad he is.

In fact, she's never even seen a wolf.

So when a real wolf shows up and ruffles her feathers, what's a fretful fowl to do: Join the frenzied flock and fly the coop? Or find out if this newcomer is as bad as his reputation?

The plucky star of Chicken Little: The Real and Totally True Tale goes toe-to-toe with literature's most famous villain in this brilliant comedy spun with sly wisdom.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338359008
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	03/02/2021
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	515,163
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 11.20(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	AD530L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

SAM WEDELICH is the creator of Chicken Little: The Real and Totally True Tale and its hilarious companion Chicken Little and the Big Bad Wolf. She is also a cartoonist, illustrator, and installation designer. When she isn't hunched over her art table trying to make something funny or beautiful, Sam enjoys gardening, cycling, and making music. She lives in upstate New York with her husband and two kids.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Chicken Little and the Big Bad Wolf:

"Plenty of humor... and the message about difference and acceptance is entertainingly delivered." — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2020-11-18
A flock of chickens faces an external threat.

The red-booted titular chicken blusters that “I am NOT scared of any wolf!” on the title page, but when a large, furry, gray creature plows into the page in a riot of scribbled limbs, the fowl panics in true Chicken Little fashion, spreading it to the other chickens. The flock splits into two parties, Fight and Flight, as they debate about what to do. But Chicken Little realizes that the wolf might not be so bad after all. When the bespectacled bird finally works up the nerve to ask “Hey, wolf! Are you bad?” he responds delightfully, mid–yoga pose: “Me? I don’t think so. I suppose we all have light and dark in us…but I try to make good choices if that’s what you mean.” The wolf is actually vegetarian, and Chicken Little announces that “Wolf left his pack because he didn’t fit in….He’s had a hard time finding a place to belong” (though the wolf never says this himself, making Chicken’s conclusion quite a leap). One vegetarian “pot-cluck” later, the chickens have a new friend. The art adds plenty of humor to this spin on an old tale, with chickens dolled up in flight goggles and aviator helmets as they attempt to flee the coop, and the oft-heard message about difference and acceptance is entertainingly delivered.

A fun twist on familiar stories. (Picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews