Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise, Hardcover

Contributor(s):

• Author: David Ezra Stein
• Illustrator: David Ezra Stein

SurpriseThe little red chicken is back -- and as endearingly silly as ever -- in David Ezra Stein's follow-up to the Caldecott Honor-winning Interrupting Chicken.

It's homework time for the little red chicken, who has just learned about something every good story should have: an elephant of surprise. Or could it be an element of surprise (as her amused papa explains)? As they dive in to story after story, looking for the part that makes a reader say "WhoaI didn't know that was going to happen," Papa is sure he can convince Chicken he's right. After all, there are definitely no elephants in "The Ugly Duckling," "Rapunzel," or "The Little Mermaid" -- or are there? Elephant or element, something unexpected awaits Papa in every story, but a surprise may be in store for the little red chicken as well. Full of the same boisterous charm that made Interrupting Chicken so beloved by readers, this gleeful follow-up is sure to delight fans of stories, surprises, and elephants alike.
 
Review citations

• Publishers Weekly / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - 07/23/2018
• Publishers Weekly / Exceptional Presentation - 07/23/2018
• Publishers Weekly / Book Of Special Distinction - 07/23/2018
• Publishers Weekly / Top 15 Book Of The Year - 07/23/2018
• Publishers Weekly / Highly Recommended - 07/23/2018
• Booklist / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg. 66 - 07/01/2018
• Booklist / Exceptional Presentation - pg. 66 - 07/01/2018
• Booklist / Book Of Special Distinction - pg. 66 - 07/01/2018
• Booklist / Top 15 Book Of The Year - pg. 66 - 07/01/2018
• Booklist / Highly Recommended - pg. 66 - 07/01/2018
• Kirkus Reviews - 07/15/2018
• Horn Book Magazine - pg. 70 - 09/01/2018
• School Library Journal / Best Of The Best/Highly Recommended - pg. 96 - 09/01/2018
• School Library Journal / Exceptional Presentation - pg. 96 - 09/01/2018
• School Library Journal / Book Of Special Distinction - pg. 96 - 09/01/2018
• School Library Journal / Top 15 Book Of The Year - pg. 96 - 09/01/2018
• School Library Journal / Highly Recommended - pg. 96 - 09/01/2018