"Interrupting Chicken" tells the tale of a little red chicken who just can't resist interrupting her father's bedtime stories. Despite her best intentions to listen quietly, the chicken always jumps into the story at the most exciting moments. Through humor and fun illustrations, the book explores the dynamics of bedtime routines and the boundless imagination of young children. In the classroom, "Interrupting Chicken" can serve as a valuable tool for teaching about manners, patience, and storytelling. Teachers can engage students in discussions about listening skills and respectful behavior. This book is best for younger grades k-2.

Preschool- 3rd Grade
2011 Caldecott Honor Book

Independent Reading Level: K-1
GA Picturebook Award Nominee

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. 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?

This is just a fun book to read. Stein does a great job of integrating a story within a story. The unique way he does it specifically caught my eye. The story of the interrupting chicken is inter laid into the fairy tale stories. It allows the reader to get even more involved in the story. Very well done. ( )