It is not every book (or even the majority of them) that leads me to rant and rave. If there is such a thing as literary love at first sight, it may describe my reaction to this wonderful picture book: Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein.
In this story, Papa Chicken tries very hard to read a bedtime story to his little girl chicken. However, she knows all the stories by heart and jumps into each telling just in time to prevent disaster or discomfort for the characters. The warm interaction between father and daughter and genuine presentation of goal vs.obstacle make this book a natural for read-alouds. I found it almost impossible NOT to do the voices. (I am biased. I always do character voices. Still, this text begged for it).
I used this book in Summer Reading presentations for kindergarten through second grades, and it held the attention of the each class. Then, I read it at home with my almost-four-year-old daughter. She was involved for the entire telling, too.
I hope you interrupted your reading of this blog to procure and read this book. If not, what are you waiting for?
I read this book to Mauricio (7 months old) and he was engaged also. He liked the illustrations and my silly voices for all the different characters. I can't wait to read it to him when he can really follow the story (and even make up one to tell me)!!!
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