Chicken Little Book

Summary (by me): After an acorn drops on his head a small chicken leads all the farm's poultry on a death march to the fox's lair.

Review: What?!! Is this how the story ends? I thought it was a story about being embarrased about being wrong or confused, or learnging not to exaggerate. I didn't like how to me it seemed ultimately the chickens fault. I understand animals eat other animals, but this just seems to be a more manipulative circle of life. I guess the rhyming names and repetition are good. Illustrations are adequate.

Publishers Weekly acknowledges the "dark spin" this version takes in the ending, while SLJ has nothing but good things to say, describing its "wondrous intensity" and that "this noteworthy interpretation of an oft-illustrated tale demands sharing with story-hour audiences."