A favourite joke inspires this charming tale, in which a little chicken's habit of interrupting bedtime stories is gleefully turned on its head.

It's time for the little red chicken's bedtime story - and a reminder from Papa to try not to interrupt. But the chicken can't help herself! Whether the tale is Hansel and Gretel or Little Red Riding Hood or even Chicken Little, she jumps into the story to save its hapless characters from doing some dangerous or silly thing. Now it's the little red chicken's turn to tell a story, but will her yawning papa make it to the end without his own kind of interrupting? Energetically illustrated with glowing colours - and offering humorous story-within-a-story views - this all-too-familiar tale is sure to amuse (and hold the attention of) the most spirited little chicks.

About the Author
Award-winning author-illustrator David Ezra Stein lives in Kew Gardens, New York.

Reviews
A fabulous fauvist palette adds to the high-voltage humour. * Daily Telegraph *
This tender iteration of a familiar night-time ritual will be equally welcomed by fond parents and those children for whom listening to stories is anything but a passive activity. * Kirkus Reviews *


Awards
Winner of Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award 2013 (United States) and Caldecott Honor Book 2011 (United States) and Cybils Award, Fiction Picture Books 2010 (United States) and Florida Reading Association Children's Book Award 2014 (United States) and Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Crystal Kite Award 2011 (United States) and Oregon Reading Association Patricia Gallagher Children's Choice Picture Book Award 2019 (United States). Short-listed for Kiddos Awards 2010 (United States).



Book Information
ISBN 9781406340310
Author David Ezra Stein
Format Paperback
Page Count 40
Imprint Walker Books Ltd
Publisher Walker Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 225g
Dimensions(mm) 215mm * 162mm * 10mm