Gr 2-4--A book with a tedious text and uninvolving, nameless characters: the mother, the boy, the father. The boy receives chickens for his birthday, and the story revolves around their habits and feeding. The illustrations resemble the art found on poorly designed greeting cards. Purple, red, and green dominate the palette, which gives the book a garish look. Even the ``Directions for Making a Birthday Cake Like the Boy's, and Other Recipes'' that are appended look as if they were put together in a slapdash manner, and the directions for making campfire eggs in a paper bag over ``red-hot coals'' do not include any precautions. This offering is for the birds.
Carole D. Fiore, State Library of Florida, Tallahassee
Copyright 1995 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Product Description
A boy's birthday brings him a host of chickens, whose care consumes his attention and eventually that of the entire family.